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-olour j in May, a beautiful lemon, both body and 

 wings 3 in June and July, it is a blue-black : from this 

 time it gradually becomes a violet-dun till the month 

 of September. 



Pearl, or Heron-Dun. 



This fly is taken both before and after noon, during 

 April : dub the ash-coloured herl of a heron ; warp 

 \vith ash-coloured silk ; wings from the short feather 

 of a heron or coot's wing, of an ash-colour. 



The Spider-Fhj 



appears about the middle of April, if the season be 

 -^'orward, and is a good fly all the remainder of the 

 aionth : the wings are made of woodcock's feathers, 

 from under the wing ; the body — of lead-coloured silk^ 

 with a black cock's hackle wrapped twice or thrice 

 round — the body is made in the shape of an ant-fly. 

 In warm, sunny weather, particularly towards the 

 end of April, this fly is found in clusters, on beds 

 of gravel, by the sides of rivers. 



The Silver- Twist-Hackle 



is a good bait from about nine till eleven, in the 

 month of May, especially if the weather is showery : 

 dub with the herl of an ostrich's feather, and warp 

 dark-green silk and silver twist, and black cock's 

 hackle over all. 



