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lemon-coloured mohair^, or yellow ostrich's feather 5 

 warp with yellow gold twist, and yellow hackle over 

 all • wings of a pale mallard's feather, yellow or 

 lemon-colour : the wings must be large, longer than 

 the body, and made to lie fiat on the back. This is 

 a killing fly on a blustering or windy day, until the 

 may-fly appear. 



The Orle-Fly 



may be seen in June playing on the water, and is a 

 good killing fly from ten or eleven o'clock till four, 

 in very warm weather, all the month, especially after 

 the may-fly is gone 3 it has four wings lying close 

 to the back, which should be made of a dark grizzled 

 cock's hackle ; the body — of a peacock's herl, with 

 dark-red silk. 



The Pismire-Fly 



is good during July and August, for Trout and Chub : 

 body of calf's hair twisted on pale yellow silk — the 

 silk to be visible 3 wings — of a mallard's feather. 



Middling Brown-Fly. 



The body of a cock-pheasant's tail, a peacock's 

 heii to be twisted with it, and warp with ruddy silk ; 

 wings, the light part of a starling's feather, and to 

 be made longer than the body. 



The Foetid Light- Brown- Fly 



is a good killer in the morning, during September^ 

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