The hackle is a clipped feather plume that is attached to a military headdress. The neck feathers are long and form a hackle. When used on military headdresses, the clipped feather plume is referred to as the hackle. He also has long, golden hackle feathers on his neck and on his back. Tying the pattern with a rib of fine copper wire helps protect the palmer hackle. All ranks wear a cherry pink beret with a red plume hackle. Attached to the various types of fusilier headdress, including the modern beret, is the hackle. Traditionally a special reverse hackle wet-fly is used. It is often worn with a hackle and a clan crest badge. As a fusilier regiment, the PLF wear a hackle. Punjab Regiment and the regiment was authorized to wear a grass-green hackle with regimental berets. The Guards' blue was chosen in distinction to the Royal Irish Fusiliers' green hackle. Commando wore the Tam O'Shanter with a black hackle. The Regimental Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland does not wear the hackle. A green and black hackle was worn in the bush hats.