FLIES 17 



Body. — Yellow silk, No. 4, weU waxed, ribbed with four turns of 

 fine gold wire or tinsel. 



Legs. — Cochybondu Hen's hackle. 



Head. — Yellow silk, well waxed. 



March to first week in May, and again in September, 

 although, by dressing with a Ughter wing, body and hackle, the 

 fly can be used during the intervening months. 



No. 4. 



Spring Black. 



DiPTERA (gnat). 



Hook 0. 



Wings. — Hackled with a black Deck's hackle or a blue black feather 



from an adult StarUng's neck. 

 Body. — Purple silk. No. 8, dubbed sparingly with Magpie herl. 

 Head. — Purple silk. 



March and early April. ^. 



No. 5. 

 Dark Snipe or Snipe and Purple. 



EPHEMERIDiE. 



Hook 1. 

 Wings. — Hackled with the dark feather from the marginal coverts 



of a Snipe's wing. 

 Body. — Purple silk. No. 8. 



Head. — Purple silk. * 



March to middle of April, and again in September. 



No. 6. 



Orange Partridge. 



Perlid.*; and Ephemerid^e. 



Hook 1. 



Wings. — Hackled with a brown mottled (not barred) feather from 



a Partridge's neck, or back. 



