FLY-FISHING. 227 



Imitation. 



JBody. Pale blue mohair, very thinly spun on 

 reddish-brown silk, with which the head must be 

 finished. 



Tail. Two whisks of the yellow body-feather of 

 the golden pheasant. 



Wings*. From the wing-feather of the blue-bird. 



Legs. A very small yellow dun hackle. 



N"o. 15. THE JENNY SPINNER. 



This is the name of the iron blue dun (No. 14) in 

 his new dress, in which be lives four or five days. 

 It is a killing fly towards evening in clear water in 

 summer. There are in the United States at least 

 some hundred varieties of these small ephemeridce, 

 of every conceivable color, and the skilful dresser 

 will take pleasure in tying them, using the feathers 

 of the small domestic and foreign birds which he can 

 procure. Such are the sky-blue, the orange dun, the 

 pale evening dun, the July dun (blue and yellow), 

 the whirling blue dun, and the little pale dun. 



Imitation. 



Body. White floss silk, tied at head and tail 

 with brown silk thread. 



Tail. Two whisks light dun hackle. 



Wings. From a blue-bird's wing-feather 



Legs. A very small and very light dun hackle, 

 nearly white. 



