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PRACTICAL LESSONS IN RIVER ANGLING. 



favourites throughout this month likewise, as are the 

 various hackles or palmers. A good fly for this month 

 is the stone fly (Phryganea), 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. o, 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 light 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. a the natural fly j 6, the artificial fly. 



