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formed of the straw-coloured silk, with which 

 it is dressed. A blue-dun cock's hackle for 

 legs, to be wound round the hook under the 

 wings three times. The wings from the feather 

 of an old* starling's wing. 



This fly must be made rather full in the 

 body, and in the winter months, and when the 

 water is high, it must be dressed on a No. 3 

 Kendal hook. It may with safety be account- 

 ed a standard fly. 



Light-blue Dun : The body to be of green- 

 ish-yellow silk ; legs, a soft hackle-feather of 

 a light-blue-dun colour, to be wound round the 

 hook close to the wings four times, and in a way 

 that the silk may be clearly discerned. Wings, 

 the feather of an old starling, f 



fore, use the expressions, " body to be of such and such 

 coloured silk," which means nothing more, than that the 

 fly is to be dressed with silk of the colour indicated. 



* For flies with dark bodies use generally the feathers of 

 an old starling ; for those, the bodies of which are of lighter 

 hue, use the feathers of the young starling taken from the 

 nest when nearly full fledged. Note, also, that the wings 

 of flies are generally made from the feather of the wing of 

 the bird recommended for such purpose. 



t This fly is an excellent one for grayling during the cold 

 months, whether in the beginning or the latter end of the 

 year. From January to April it should be dressed on a 

 No. 3 Kendal, when the water is low on a No. 2. The 

 water makes the silk body appear entirely green. 



