4/6 ' AMERICAN GAME FISHES. 



white dove's quill-feathers; ribbed yellow silk under quill; 

 wings, white dove; hackle, white leghorn rooster. 



F. Fitz-maurice. Body, black chenille, and red silk 

 ribbed gold tinsel; tail, peacock fibers; hackle, yellow; wing, 

 mallard breast-feather. 



G. Reuben Wood. Tag, red silk; tail, fibers brown 

 mallard; body, white chenille; hackle, brown; wing, mallard 

 breast-feather. 



H. Straw Floater {Ephemeridce). This fly is an imi- 

 tation of the May flies (Ephemerida;) and the body can vary 

 in color according to the fly to be imitated. It is made of 

 rye-straw, dyed and softened by soaking in warm water. A 

 suitable length is then cut and placed round a hog's bristle to 

 which has been attached the whisks to form the tail. It is 

 then secured in place by the tying silk being wound spirally 

 in loose coils around it and finally attached to the hook which 

 has already been tied to the gut. The wings are commonly 

 two small separate feathers of the mallard breast, and may 

 be stained or not according to the necessities of the case. 

 These flies float on the water and are very killing, being such 

 close imitations of the natural insect. 



I. Quill-bodied Gray Dun. The quill-body is from the 

 feather of the moor or water hen, and is possessed of a lighter 

 and darker strip each side so that when wound on it success- 

 fully imitates the ringed markings of the actual insect. The 

 wings are the dun under-feather of the mallard or wild- 

 duck's wing, and the hackle is a blue dun from a rare breed 

 of chickens I managed to secure one day when I was in luck. 



K. Parmacheene Belle. This handsome fly is my first 

 example of the compound wing. With care the red ibis and 

 white goose feather can be "married" together and turned as 

 one feather. The hackle is white first and then red; body, 

 yellow seal's fur ribbed with broad silver tinsel ; and ending 

 with a tag of peacock tail, two slips of feathers ibis and 

 white goose or swan. 



L. Abbey. This well-known fly is thus dressed: wing, 



