SKY BLUE. 71 



very long whisks at the tail. They make their first 

 appearance hi the evenings of June, and continue all 

 July. After a hot dry day, they keep continually 

 rising and falling in the air until the approach of 

 night. 



Artificial. We have always made them with a 

 darkish dun hackle, inclining to redness, or reddish 

 at the edges; with brown dubbing, ribbed with 

 full yellow silk or flat gold tinsel ; but are not 

 much inclined to use them, finding the sky blue to 

 answer better. 



THE SKY BLUE. 

 SEASON. Middle of June until the middle of September. 



Natural. This fly appears about the middle of 

 June, and is principally an evening fly till July is 

 over. Then, as the evenings grow cold, he appears 

 in the middle of warm days till towards the close of 

 September. It is the same shape as the blue dun, 

 but rather smaller ; its wings are of a fine light blue, 

 and the body and legs of an orangy yellow. 



Artificial At this time of the year, the water 

 being generally clear and low, make it with only a 

 light blue hen's hackle, and silk of the colour of that 

 on which gold lace is made, with a small quantity of 

 orange wool. For wings, use the lightest part of a 

 starling's feather, with a pale ginger hackle, and the 

 above silk and wool. 



