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upright ; although here it is always considered that 

 the blue upright means the last-mentioned. Your 

 Gloucestershire friend is not alone in describing 

 the blue upright as being identical with the blue 

 dun. Francis Francis was of the same opinion a 

 quarter of a century ago, as others have been since. 

 But while I am ready to admit that the winged 

 blue upright is not a bad copy of an early dun, I 

 consider that the hackled fly is an equally good 

 copy of the March brown." Mr. Austin adds, and 

 gives his reasons for holding the view, that, what- 

 ever fly the blue upright was originally intended to 

 be a likeness of, it is taken by the trout, not as a 

 fly in the winged state, but as the nympha — that 

 is, of course, when it is used in, not dry, but wet fly 

 fishing. The blue upright, whatever fly it is or was 

 intended to be a copy of, and whatever it is taken 

 by the misguided trout to be, is certainly a most 

 valuable lure in Devonshire, Somersetshire and 

 Cornwall, and I am glad therefore to be able to 

 give Mr. Austin's drawings of the four patterns: — 



(i) T lie female winged blue upright. 



Body — Made from a peacock quill, with a 



white tip showing at end of body. 

 \ Vi}igs — Starling. 

 Legs — Blue hackle. 

 Hooks — Nos. I to 4. 

 Tying silk — Primrose. 



(ii) The winged blue upright (or blue quill). 

 Body — Stripped peacock herl. 

 Wings — Starling. 

 Legs — Blue hackle. 

 LLooks — Nos. I to 4. 

 Tying silk — Claret. 



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