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PRACTICAL LESSONS IN RIVER ANGLING. 



favourites throughout this month Hkewise, as are the 

 various hackles or palmers. A good fly for this month 

 is the stone-fly {PJiryganea), the body of which is 

 dubbed with dark wool, yellow under the wings and 

 tail ; or with the dark-brown hair of a bear or the 

 darkest parts of a hare's ear, mixed with yellow worsted 

 or mohair ; two or three hairs from the whiskers of a 

 black cat are also useful ; the wings from the mottled 

 feathers of a pheasant or peahen, and the hackle from 

 a grey cock. The hooks No. 2 and No. 3 are used. 



The stone fly. a, natural fly; b, artificial fly. 



Another April fly is the thorn or hawthorn fly^ the 

 body of which is formed of black ostrich herl, or seal's 

 fur died deep black, and mixed with hght yellow or 

 buff* mohair ; the wings may be made with horn shav- 

 ings, the thin membrane where the pips lie in the core 

 of an apple, or with the palest feather in a snipe or 

 mallard's wing. The hooks No. 9 and No. 10 are used. 



The hawthorn fly. «, the natural fly } 4, the artificial fly. 



