THE BROWN FLY, &C. 127 



or miimow ; the size of the hook thisfn/ is made on, 

 is Mo 7 ; Out if the water is very lozo and fine^ 

 No. 8. 



THE BROWN rLYf OR DUN DRJKE.. 



Comes on about the middle of March, and 

 conthiues till the latter end oT April; its wings 

 are made off the feather of a pheasant's wing 

 which is full oF line sliade, and exactly rescm- 

 bles the wing of the fly; the body is^ made of 

 the bright part of hare's fur, mixed with a little 

 of the red part of scjnirrel's fur, ribbed with 

 yellow silk, and a partridge's hackle wrapt 

 over twice or tiirice under the but of tiie wing: 

 as it swims down tlie water, its wings stand 

 upright ujjon its back, its tail is forked, and 

 the color of its wings : it comes upon the water 

 about eleven o'clock, and continues on till two, 

 appearing on the water in shoals, or great 

 quantities ; in dark gloomy days, at the ap- 

 proach of the least gleam of sun, it is amazing 

 to see, in a moment's time, the suri'ace of the 

 water almost covered witii ten thousands of 

 these pretty little fiying insects, and the fishes 

 rising and sporting at them, insomuch that you 

 would think the whole river was alive ; it is 

 a [)leasing sight to the angler, and affords him 

 great diversion ; in this manner tliey appear on 

 the water every successive day, till the end of 

 their duration. The blue dun,, and the brown, 

 are both on at the same time; the^ blues are 

 most plentiful in cold and dark days, and the 

 browns in warm and gloomy days ; though 1 

 have often seen blues, browns, and granams, on 

 at the same lime, when they have refused the 

 other two sorts, and have taken the browns 



