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wings, starling's feather. To be dressed with 

 bright-red-coloured silk. 



Black Ant Fly : Body, black-ostrich herl; 

 legs, a dark hackle ; wings, of a fieldfare's fea- 

 ther. To be dressed with silk of a dark -puce 

 colour. 



Wren's Hackle : Body, light-brown silk ; 

 legs, the feather of a wren's tail. This little 

 fly will kill at all times especially during 

 the summer months when the water is low 

 and clear. 



Grouse Hackle : Body, deep- orange- 

 coloured silk ; legs, the reddish-brown-mottled 

 feather of the male red grouse. Will kill in 

 July, August, and September. 



AUGUST. 



Oak Fly : Body, a black-ostrich herl, 

 wound thinly round the hook; legs, a dark- 

 red hackle, stained deeper than the natural 

 colour; wings, from the feather of a wood- 

 cock's wing. To be dressed with orange- 

 coloured silk. This fly will kill from the 

 latter end of April to the beginning of 

 September. 



