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8. The fur near the tail should have more yellow in it than 

 the middle or upper part of the body. A good spring-fly 

 in small, deep, thickly wooded streams. Its reputation is 

 greater than it deserves. 



No. 3. CARSHALTON COCK-TAIL. Wings, light fibres, 

 standing erect, of the hen starling's wing-feather ; body, 

 light blue dun fur, taper and thin, and ribbed with yellow 

 silk ; legs, three laps of a small, pale dun-hackle ; tail, two 

 fibres of the same. Hooks, 11 and 12. A capital general 

 fly at low water. 



No. 4. ALDER-FLY. Wings, flat and two sets; lower, 

 starling's wing-feather ; upper, either landrail's wing, 

 partridge red tail-feather, or hen pheasant's ditto ; body, 

 either bronze-coloured floss silk, or bronze peacock harl, to 

 be dressed full and tapering ; legs, black hackle ; tail, 

 two fibres of the same. Hooks, 9 and 10. 



No. 5. SAND-FLY. Wings, sandy-coloured landrail's 

 wing-feather ; body, a mixture of brown fur from the 

 hare's poll and orange mohair ; ginger hackle for legs. 

 Hooks, 8, 9, 10. 



No. 6. Wings, light gray mottled mallard feather ; 

 body, blue mole's fur, over which, at shoulder, blood-red 

 hackle ; tail, two fibres of the mallard feather. Hooks, 

 9 and 10. This is a very good fly, and will also kill well 

 with a brown-red mohair body. 



The artificial baits, called palmers, are imitations of 

 caterpillars of various sizes and colours. They answer 

 best in deep and somewhat sluggish streams with banks 

 densely wooded. I have but a poor opinion of them 

 in rapid, clear streams, particularly mountainous ones. 

 The following are the best : 



BLACK PALMER. Body, black ostrich harl, ribbed with 

 gold twist and black cock's long-fibred hackle. Hooks, 

 from 4 to 8. 



BROWN PALMER. Body, amber-brown mohair, ribbed 

 with gold and silver twist, by which, from tail to head, 

 a brown-red cock's hackle. Hook as before. 



RED PALMER. Body, deep red mohair, ribbed with gold 

 twist, by which is to be wound a blood-red hackle. Hook 

 as before. 



PEACOCK PALMER. Body, a brilliant bronze and azure 

 full-fibred peacock harl, ribbed closely with silver tinsel, 

 by which a dark grizzled hackle ; head, of red mohair ; 



