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and is the best of all flies for bobbing at the 

 bush in the natural way, and a good fly for the 

 dab-line, when made artifieially. The wings 

 are made fioni a feailier out of the wing of a 

 partridge or woodcoek, the body with a hiuern's 

 feather, and the head with a little of the brown 

 part of hare's fur. The hook, No. 7. 



N.B. Some dub it with black wool and Tsa- 

 bella-coloured mohair, and bii^l)t brownish 

 bear's hair, warped on witii yellow silk, but the 

 head of an ash colour; others dub it vvitfi an 

 orange tawney and black ground ; and others 

 vv'ith blackish wool and god twist ; the wings 

 oflf the brown part of a mallard's feather. 



TI/E S/rORJV FLY. 



Comes on about the same time as the Cannon- 

 fly, and continues on till the latter end of July. 

 'J'hcy are generally found in mowing grass ; it 

 is of the caterpillar kind, has dusky wings of a 

 dark brown colour, with line clear blue wings 

 under them, which it makes use of in itsflio^ht : 

 It is in greatest perfection in June : and lor the 

 time tliat it continues on the water, is a most 

 excellent killer in rivers or brooks. There are 

 three sorts of them ; the one 1 have described : 

 there is another with a dull red winc): : and a 

 third with a dark blue wing, all of which the 

 fish take ver^' well, but the preference, must be 

 given to the red sort : it is to be flshed with 

 any time of the day, from sun-rise to sun-set. 

 The wings are made of a red cock's hackle, with 

 a black list up the middle; the body with a 

 peacock's herl. The hook, iSo. 6, ijjor a river ^ 



