140 LIST OF FLIES. 



the woodcock's wing-feather, to lie flat along the 

 back. Hook, No. 2. 



13. The Stone Fly. Body of brown fur 

 from a sable boa, mixed with yellow martin's fur, 

 and ribbed with yellow silk thread. Legs, a 

 grizzle hackle; that is, one speckled blue and 

 yellow. Wings, from the wing-feather of a wood- 

 cock, made full and to lie flat. Hook, No. 5. 

 or 6. 



"We never use this fly ourselves, but it is 

 thought a great deal of by some anglers, and on 

 some streams, particularly on the heavy and bushy 

 ones of Dorsetshire and Hampshire. 



14. The May Fly. This beautiful insect is 

 imitated in a variety of ways, according to the 

 fancies of different makers. Our own method, it 

 must be admitted, has the advantage of simplicity, 

 and it is suggested, as all our imitations are, by the 

 only proper prototype the natural insect itself. 

 Whisks, three stout black hairs, about half an 

 inch long, taken from the fitchet's tail or from a 

 black muff. Body, straw-colour floss silk or 

 martin's fur, ribbed with brown silk thread. 

 Legs, a ginger hackle. Wings, two dappled 

 feathers, taken from below the wings or from the 

 bottom of the neck of the mallard, dyed greenish 

 yellow, by boiling them in an infusion of the 



