FLIES FOR APRIL. 81 



No. 14. THE GRANNOM. 



This fly comes from a water larva, and is upon 

 the surface at about the same season as the Gravel 

 Bed (No. 13), and chiefly in the morning and 

 evening. It lasts a little longer. The green tint 

 of its body is derived from the colour of the 

 eggs. It lays these upon the water. There are 

 several species, but the figure (14) represents 

 the most common kind, and I have taken many 

 of these flies out of the stomachs of Trout, even 

 in August, which had a green colour at the tail 

 of their bodies, and were as nearly as possible of 

 the same size and general tint as those of 

 April. 



IMITATION. 



BODY. Fur of hair's face left rough, spun on 

 brown silk. A little green floss silk may be 

 worked in at the tail to represent the bunch of 

 eggs there. 



WINGS. Feather from the partridge's wing, 

 and made very full. 



LEGS. A pale ginger hen's hackle. Hook, 

 No. 2, long. 



Made buzz with a feather from the back of the 

 partridge's neck, wound upon the above body. 



REMARKS. The Shell Fly, or Palmer, as this 

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