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NATURAL FLIES PECULIAR TO THE 

 WELSH RIVERS ; 



WITH THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MODES OF IMITATING AND USING 

 THEM. 



IT will be necessary that the fly-maker provide him- 

 self with the following materials, in order to imitate 

 the various natural insects herein described : though 

 very few, in comparison with those enumerated 

 in other works, they will be found amply sufficient 

 for all useful purposes. 



Cock' s feathers. Black, brown, dark, and light 

 blue ; dun, dark dun, with reddish edges ; dun with 

 yellowish spots ; dull and light ginger ; dark freckled ; 

 red, with black root and black stripe up the stem ; 

 full red point and jet black root more than a third 

 of its length ; light red with sooty root ; yellow- 

 dyed hackles. 



Hens feathers. Dark and light blue ; light blue 

 with reddish or copping edges ; dark slaty hackles ; 

 yellowish, brownish, and speckled ; yellowish dun ; 

 weak blue dun from the rump, and light dun neck 

 or body feathers. 



