FLIES FOR MAY. 97 



IMITATION. 



BODY. Any yellowish buff fur ribbed with 

 yellow or apple- green silk. 



WINGS. From a wing feather of a white hen, 

 or fieldfare, stained pale yellow. 



LEGS. From an extremely pale ginger hackle, 

 or a white feather dyed of a yellowish tint. 

 Hook No. 2, short. 





No. 25. SKY BLUE. 



This fly comes from a water nympha, main- 

 tains its present state of existence two or three 

 days, and then changes to a much lighter fly or 

 spinner, which lives three or four days. 



IMITATION. 



BODY. Pale ginger mohair mixed with light 

 blue fur. 



TAIL. A whisk or two of the hackle used for 

 the legs. 



WINGS. From a feather of the sea swallow^ 

 or of a very light blue dun hen. 



LEGS. Hackle stained a pale yellow. 

 Hook No. 0, short. 

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