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VI. THE OLIVE DUN. 



Body. Pale yellowish-olive floss-silk, or a quill dyed the 

 same colour. 



Tail. Two rabbit's whiskers. 



Hackle. Stained olive. 



Wings. Taken from the wing of the starling. 



Season. April and May. 



This fly is by entomologists said to be identical with the 

 Blue Dun, and only a later gradation of that fly. 



VII. THE YELLOW DUN. 



Body. Lemon-coloured silk, waxed with cobbler's wax, 

 and then untwisted so as to show alternate dark and light 

 ribbing. 



Hackle. Stained olive. 



Wings. From a young starling's quill-feather. 



Season. May and June. 



This is Jackson's dressing, which Mr. Walbran seems to 

 have copied in his good little book, " The British Angler." 

 It is only one more gradation of the Blue Dun. 



VIII, THE IRON BLUE. 



Body. Mole's fur, spun on with reddish-brown silk. 

 Tail. Two strands of Yellow Dun hackle. 

 Hackle. Small Yellow Dun hackle. 

 Wings. From the breast of the water-hen ; some prefer 

 the tail of the tomtit. 



Season. April and May. 



This, on the whole, is the best dressing I know. 



