FLIES FOR MARCH. 69 



ima<iinable ; but tlie black body is by far ^tlie 

 most frequently met with, and therefore the fly 

 with this colour is usually fished with. 



IMITATION. 



Body. Mole fur, ribbed over with black 

 ostrich, when spun on black silk. 



WiXGS AND Legs. Made buzz with a dun 

 hackle, the tint a shade or two lighter than that 

 of the natural wings. Hook, No. 4, long. 



When this fly is made with wings and legs 

 not buzz, the dun feather of the wing of the 

 mallard is used, and a grizzled hackle for legs, 

 upon the same body. 



Eemarks. The use of a smaller "Spring 

 Black " than the above is recommended in pre- 

 ference. 



Body. Black ostrich herl. 



Wings and Legs. Purplish breast feather of 

 a cock starling, wound on as a hackle. Hook, 

 No. 1, long. 



The larger black flies are seldom observed so 

 early in the season. But a black fly of one sort 

 or another is seldom useless on your lash. 



