little of the red fur from the hare's neck, and ribbed over 

 with olive silk, not waxed ; wings taken from the dark 

 freckled feather of a partridge tail ; and for legs, a feather 

 from the wren's tail wound on as a hackle close up 

 behind the wings. As the season advances make the 

 body of pale olive mohair, ribbed over with fine gold 

 twist, and a honey dun hackle for legs ; wings from the 

 marbled part of the hen pheasant wing feather. This 

 fly is a good killer all over the continent. It requires a 

 warmer day to enable it to come to the surface than does 

 the Blue Dun. If early at the river, try first the February 

 Red, then the Blue Dun ; and when the March Brown is 

 on, use the imitation till two o'clock, then try the Blue 



Dun again. 



THE IRON BLUE DUN. 



This is one of the smallest of the dun species, and, 

 I can say with confidence, one of the best killers. What 

 a number of pleasant recollections this little fly brings 

 before me, of the sport it has afforded me, and the 

 baskets of trout and greyling I have made with this little 

 dun. They shew themselves more abundant on cold 

 days, and the fish feed on them more freely. It is a 

 great favourite of mine, and I have interested myself in it 

 from a lad, dressing it in a variety of ways and killing fish 

 with most of my imitations. I shall only describe what I 

 have proved to be the two best methods of copying this- 

 little dainty fly No. i, dressed as follows : hook No. o. 

 use reddish purple silk, waxed with white wax, to keep 

 the colour of the silk. The gut should be very fine, and 

 avoid making the body too long. Tail, three strands from 



