ANGLING FOR TROUT. 



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enthusiastic anglers begin even on fine days in January. 

 The palmers or hairy caterpillars may be used, either 

 the natural found on warm banks and amongst nettles 

 or the artificial palmers or hackles, having the body 

 made with black ostrich herl alone, or interchanged 

 with peacock herl, whipped with red silk, or inter- 

 changed with gold or silver flat wire. Round this the 

 red or black hackle of a cock is worked so as to stand 

 out all around, as is shown in the figure. The palmers 

 may be varied in colour at the pleasure of the artist. 

 The hooks used are No. 5 and No. 6. Without wings 

 the hackle from the wild duck or the light part of 

 a field-fare's wing may be added, when they are called 

 spring blacks and spring herls. 



a, one of the natural palmtrs ; b, one of the artificial palmers. 



The great dun (Phryganea) is also a February fly, 

 and has the body dubbed with mole fur and dark-brown 

 mohair, with dun wings from a wild duck, and a dark 

 grey hackle. The other flies which are named for 

 this month are the little red brown, the dark brown, 

 the small dark brown, and the prime dun. 



