FLOATING FLIES. 



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a fairly good idea of the appearance of the flies of this class. 

 It will be noticed that they are like miniature May -flies. They 

 belong to the same family. 



Fig. 22. A Dun. 



Fig. 23. Detached Badger. 



(7) Detached Badger* — A most valuable fly, probably the best 

 imitation made of the Red Spinner, a fly which takes trout any- 

 where and everywhere, from one end of the season to the other. 

 The engraving (Fig. 23) is from a fly tied by Holland, of Salisbury. 



(8) Pale Olive Quill.f — A variety of Olive Dun, useful through- 

 out the summer and autumn. 



(9) Little Marry at. X — Mr. Marry at's imitation of the Pale 

 Watery Dun, prevalent in August, Sep- 

 tember, and October. 



(10) Cinnamon Quill.^ — A useful fly 

 at the end of the season. 



(11) Orange Sedge.\\ — A useful evening 

 fly in July and August. 



(12) Silver Sedge.% — A most valuable 

 fly after June is past (Fig. 24). In the 

 daytime it kills well if dressed on a 

 small hook, and the brighter the day, the better it kills. 



* Hackle, badger cock. Body, white horsehair, dyed a warm brownish-red, 

 worked over a foundation of doubled bristle dyed the same colour, and the body 

 ribbed with crimson tying silk. Whisk, pale cream-colour. Hook, or 00. 



t Wings, palest starling. Body, quill from young starling's wing or pale condor, 

 dyed slightly in canary-colour. Hackle and whisk very slightly dyed in a brownish 

 green-olive. Hook, 00 or 000. 



t Wings, palest starling. Body, fur from the flank of the Australian opossum. 

 Hackle and whisk, pale buflf Cochin cock. Hook, 00 or 000. 



§ Wings, pale starling. Body, the root-ends of some strands of peacock harl 

 when stripped. Hackle and whisk, pale sandy-ginger. Hook, to 000. 



(I Wings, landrail. Hackle, ginger cock, carried right down body. Body, brown 

 hare's ear, ribbed with fine gold wire. 



IT Wings, landrail. Body, white floss silk, ribbed with fine silver wire. Hackle^ 

 pale sandy-ginger cock hackle, carried right down the body. Hook, to 3. 



Fig. 24. Silver Sedge. 

 The Natural Fly has 

 a flat wing. 



