ANGLING FOR TROUT. 



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(Scaiophaga Stercoraria, MEIGEN). The body is 

 made with a dubbing of lemon yellow mohair and a 

 yellow feather, whipped with yellow silk; and the 

 wings of the greyish blue feather of a hen, a land-rail, 

 or a mallard. The hook is No. 7. 



The cow- dung fly. a, natural fly ; b. artificial fly. 



The other flies named for this month are the palm 

 fly, the great whirling dun, the dark brown, the early 

 bright brown, the late bright brown, the little black 

 gnat, and the blue dun or violet fly (Ephemera), found 

 on almost every river. The latter has the body dubbed 

 with light violet worsted, mixed with down combed 

 from the neck of a black greyhound or the roots of a 

 fox cub's tail ; the wings from the pale part of a star- 

 ling's wing,, whipped with pale yellow silk. The hooks 

 No. 9 and No. 10 are used. 



The blue dun fly. ,. natural" fly ; b, artificial fly. 



Plies for April* 

 The blue dun and the dun drake continue to be the 



