THE OAK-FLY. 99 



mixed with light hare's ear fur and ribbed with 

 yellow silk, so distributed in making the body of 

 the fly that the under and hinder parts may 

 exhibit most yellow to the fish ; legs, a brown-red 

 hackle; tail, two fibres of the brown mallard. 

 Hook, Nos. 5, 6, or 7. 



This fly is a large and tempting bait, but you 

 must have it dressed of different sizes, since its size 

 varies according to locality. In small, sheltered, 

 well-wooded streams the insect's growth is very 

 large ; on wide bleak waters it is smaller. This 

 insect is named by some the caddis-fly, It ap- 

 pears in April, and is found until July. It kills 

 best on warm, cloudy, windy days, especially in 

 the morning and evening. The live fly is an ex- 

 cellent one for dibbing. 



No. 18. The eowdung-fly. Body, lemon-co- 

 loured mohair ; legs, ginger-coloured hackle ; 

 wings, from the wing-feather of a landrail, to lie 

 flat on the body, and be longer than it. To be 

 dressed with orange silk. A general summer fly, 

 but seldom killing except on windy days. 



No. 19. The oak-fly, or down-looker. This fly 

 is my fancy. It is generally considered as fit 

 chiefly for the summer months, but I consider it 

 the best English trout-fly for those April days 

 which are not too cold and windy. During the 

 last fortnight of April the fly-fisher should never 

 angle without this fly. It is called by some the 



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