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Mr. Bainbridge's way of dressing this fly : 

 The wings are made from the dark-mottled 

 feather from the tail of a partridge; or mottled 

 feather from the ptarmigan, in its summer 

 plumage ; the body, of the fur from the hare's 

 ear, intermixed with a small portion of 

 yellow worsted, well dubbed together ; a griz- 

 zled hackle for legs ; and, if the imitator choose 

 to be exact, two fibres, from the same feather 

 which composed the wings, will enable him to 

 form the tail.* 



Mr. Ronalds 's method : Body, fur of the 

 hare's face ribbed over with olive silk, and tied 

 with brown; tail, two stands of a partridge's 

 feather ; wings, feather of the pheasant's wing, 

 which may be found of the exact shade ; legs, 

 a feather from the back of a partridge. 



Best's way : Wings are made of the feather 

 of the pheasant's wing, which is full of fine 

 shade, and exactly resembles the wing of the 

 fly; the body is made of the bright part of 



* The learner will have already observed, that we dress 

 our flies without tails. They are of no use, and Mr. Bain- 

 bridge properly says of them, " This appendage to the flies 

 in their natural state, need not be attended to in the arti- 

 ficial formation, as it is of little importance in aiding the 

 success of the angler, although, if flies are dressed for sale, 

 it improves their appearance, and renders them more 

 showy and attractive." 



