MAY-FLY FISHING. 



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Shoulder Hackle : Hen golden pheasant. 



Ribbing Hackle : Pale ginger cock. 



Body : Straw or maize husk, ribbed with crimson ty ing-silk. 



Hook : 2 or 3. 



Wings : Rouen drake, undyed, which is better than the 

 ordinary mallard wing, as the markings are more distinct. 



Head : Bronze peacock herl. 



Shoulder Hackle : Hen pheasant, slightly dyed a pale 

 medium olive. 



Ribbing Hackle : Blue Andalusian cock. 



Whisk : Brown mallard. 



Body : Straw or maize husk, ribbed with pale olive tying-silk. 



Hook : 2 or 3. 



For imitating the spent gnat there is no pattern to approach 

 Mr. Marryat's, dressed as follows : 



Wings : Four dark grizzled blue Jf||Hk 

 Andalusian cock hackles set on 

 horizontally quite flat, and at right 

 angles to the hook-shank. If dark 

 Andalusian hackles are not obtain- 

 able, it is far better to use ordinary 

 black hackles than light duns. 



Head : Bronze peacock herl. 



Shoulder Hackle : Grey par- 

 tridge. 



Ribbing Hackle : Badger. 



Body : White quill or white floss 

 silk, ribbed with a strand of peacock 

 coloured at root and dark at point, or condor, as in the 

 Egyptian goose pattern, the dark portion showing about three 

 turns at the tail end of body. 



Whisk : Brown mallard. 



Hook : 3 or 3 long. 



The sizes of hooks given in all the above patterns are those 

 of the ordinary eyed hooks. 



lerl which is cinnamon- 



