Its body is made with the red fur of 

 a fquirrel, and ribbed with fine prim- 

 rofe-color filk ; the wings of a pea- 

 hen's feather, . with a grizzle hackle 

 wrapped thrice around under them. On 

 clear ftreams, where a fmall one is 

 ufed, the hackic may -be omitted. 



The BLUE GNAT. 

 Appears about the middle of Septem* 

 ber, and continues until the end of Oc- 

 tober. Its body, which is {lender, is 

 made of water rat, or mole's fur, .with 

 a dark dun hackle over it. 



The blue gnat is the lateft fly I ever 

 could find diverfion with, I fhall there- 

 fore conclude this catalogue of trout and 

 grayling flies with it, as trout after thii- 

 time are not worth catching. 



Having been careful, at the commence* 

 ment of each month, to inflrucl you how 

 to varv your flies according to the fea- 

 fon, it is alfo neceflary to inform you, 

 that the three fir a flies, (viz.) the blue 



