FLIES FOR JUNE. 87 



No. 28. GREEN DRAKE. 



This fly proceeding from a water nympha, lives 

 three or four days as shewn ; then the female 

 changes to the Grey Drake, (No. 29) and the male 

 to the Black Drake, (see p. 89). The Green 

 Drake cannot be said to be in season quite three 

 weeks on an average. Its season depends greatly 

 upon the state of the weather ; and it will be 

 found earlier upon the slowly running parts of 

 the stream, (such as mill dams) than on the rapid 

 places. 



IMITATION. 



BODY. The middle part is of pale straw- 

 coloured floss silk, ribbed with silver 

 twist. The extremities are of a 

 brown peacock's herl, tied with light 

 brown silk thread. 



TAIL. Three rabbit's whiskers. 



WINGS AND LEGS. Made buzz from a mottled 

 feather of the mallard, stained olive. 

 (See Dyes, Chap. II. p. 35, article 4.) 



To make it with wings in their state of rest, 

 part of a feather similarly stained must be used, 

 and a pale brown Bittern's hackle, or in case of 

 need a partridge feather must be wrapped round 

 the same body under the wings. 



