FLIES FOR GREAT BRITAIN, ETC. Ill 



THE LAND FLY. Body the fur from a hare's neck, 

 twisted round with silk of the same colour; legs a 

 ginger hen's hackle; wings the feather from a land- 

 rail's wing. Hook, No. 9. 



THE ALDER FLY. Body peacock's herl, tied with 

 dark brown silk; legs cock-a-budder hackle; wings 

 the brown speckled feather of a mallard's back. Hook, 

 No. 8. 



THE GREEN DRAKE FLY. Body yellow floss silk, 

 ribbed with brown silk; the extreme head and tail cop- 

 pery peacock's herl; legs a red or ginger hackle ; wings 

 the mottled wing of a mallard stained olive; tail 

 three hairs of a rabbit's whiskers. Hook, No. 6. 



THE GREY DRAKE. Body white floss silk, ribbed 

 with dark brown or mulberry coloured silk; head and 

 tip of the tail, peacock's herl; legs a grizzled cock's 

 hackle; wings a mallard's mottled feather made to stand 

 upright; tail three whiskers of a rabbit. Hook, No. 

 6 or 7. 



THE GOVERNOR FLY. Body coppery-coloured pea- 

 cock's herl, ribbed with gold twist; legs red or ginger 

 hackle ; wings the light part of a pheasant's wing. 

 Hook, No. 9. 



THE COACHMAN FLY. Body copper-coloured pea- 

 cock's herl; legs red hackle; wings the light feathers 

 of the land-rail. Hook, No. 8. 



THE COW-DUNG FLY. Body dull lemon-coloured 



