FLIES 19 



No. 8b. 



March Brown. 



Ephemerid^. 



Hook 2 or 3. 



Wings. — Hackled with a mottled brown feather from a Snipe's rump. 



Body. — Orange silk, No. 6a, dubbed with fur from the nape of a 



Rabbit's neck which has been lightly tinged red with Crawshaw's 



Red Spinner dye, and ribbed with gold wire or tinsel. 



Tail. — ^Two strands from a feather from a Snipe's rump, same 



feather as is used for the wings. 

 Head. — Orange silk. 



April, and often May. 



No. 9. 

 Light Snipe or Snipe Bloa. 

 Ephemerid^. 

 Hook 1. 

 Wings. — Hackled with a bluish feather from the under coverts of a 

 Snipe's wing. (The lighter side of the feather towards the 

 head of the fly). 

 Body. — Yellow silk. No. 4. 

 Head. — Yellow silk. 



Middle of April to middle of May, and again in September. 



No. 10. 

 Dark Needle. 

 Perlid.e. 

 Hook 1. 

 Wings.— Hackled with a brownish feather taken from where the 

 hinder part of a Starling's wing joins the body, (There are 

 only about four of these feathers on each side of the bird.) 

 or with a brownish feather from the back of a Swift. 



