FLIES FOR MAY. 



No. 24. YELLOW SALLY, 



This fly comes from a water nympha. It has 

 been believed by some persons to last in season 

 only six days, but it continues for six weeks or 

 more, and may be used not unprofitably on very 

 hot days, when it is busily employed laying its 

 eggs upon the water. 



IMITATION. 



BODY. Any yellowish buff fur ribbed with 



fawn coloured silk. 

 WINGS. From a wing feather of a white hen 



stained pale yellow. 

 LEGS. From an extremely pale ginger hackle, 



or a white feather dyed of a yellowish 



ginger tint. 



