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it one that should be tried, in conjunction with 

 the oak-fly, in April and May. It may be used 

 of a small size in August. I agree with Mr. 

 Konalds, who says ' My own experience leads me 

 to recommend the sand-fly during April and May, 

 on days when there is no abundance of any parti- 

 cular insect on the water. A fly very like it is 

 used in September and October, called the cinna- 

 mon-fly.' 



No. 21. The grannam, or green-tail. This fly 

 is very well known, but, generally speaking, it is 

 too highly spoken of. It lasts only for about ten 

 days in April, and its chief value is that it is a 

 morning fly, and will kill from sunrise to eleven 

 o'clock, when the mornings and forenoons are 

 fine, and the water moderately clear and low. It 

 is dressed as follows : Body, dark hare's ear fur, 

 mixed with a little blue fur ; at the tail a twist of 

 a green harl from the eye of a peacock's feather, 

 or a lap or two of green floss-silk ; wings, from 

 the wing-feather of a partridge or hen-pheasant ; 

 legs, a yellow grizzle hackle. Hook, No. 8 or 9. 



No. 22. The alder-fly. Body, any dark claret- 

 coloured fur, as that which a brindled cow yields, 

 and that of a copperish hue, from a dark brindled 

 pig or a brown-red spaniel's ears ; upper wings, 

 red fibres of the landrail's wing, or red tail- 

 feather of the partridge ; lower wings of the star- 

 ling's wing-feather ; legs, dark-red hackle ; horns 



