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a yellow dun cock's hackle. Take the smallest pinch 

 possible of mole's fur, lay it on the body, give the silk a 

 twist, and rib back over the mole's fur, not too close, 

 about three or four ribs, to shew the fur between the ribs 

 of silk. Nothing makes so natural a body as this. For 

 wings, two feathers from the breast of the water rail : just 

 the tips of the feathers, not too long. Set them in 

 very erect, and turn the quill ends back and tie them in 

 to prevent their drawing out. Take the smallest yellow 

 dun hackle, tie it in close up behind the wings ; two turns 

 will be sufficient for legs, and the wings will require 

 trimming. The body of No. 2 is made the same as 

 described before, but the wings are taken from a torn-tit's 

 tail feather not the tips by stripping it off the broad 

 side in the same way as the starling wing feather. When 

 dressed this way and used as a sunk fly, it is very useful, 

 more especially in streams. This fly is very abundant on 

 some rivers about the latter end of April. 



THR RED SPINNER. 



This is a fly that kills well from April till the end of 

 the season. I have proved it excellent on bright days 

 when the fish would not look at any other artificial fly. 

 I make the body of ruddy-brown floss silk, wrapped on 

 very smooth and tapering, and ribbed over with fine gold 

 twist ; tail, three strands of a red cock's hackle, set on 

 rather long; wings taken from a dark starling wing 

 feather, put on broad and upright ; for legs, a good dark 

 red cock's hackle, set in last, close up behind the wings. 

 The size of hook may vary from No. i to No. 3. 



