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sandy coloured fur of a hare's chest; (to which the learned professor 

 adds a little orange mohair;) the wings of the sandy coloured 

 feathers of a landrail's wing, and a ginger hackle for legs. The 

 wings must be tied so as to lie along the back, and to fall partly 

 over the sides. It is a great favorite both with fish and fishermen, 

 being a very general fly, and adapted to almost every water; 

 added to which it may be used at intervals all through the 

 season. 



Another fly that stands in high esteem is the grannom, or rather 

 the female of the species, which is familiarly known to most practical 

 anglers from her green matronly attire, whilst the male, posses- 

 sing a less attractive appearance, is usually passed unheeded by. 

 In order to imitate this fly the upper part of the body must be of 

 hare's scut taken from the back, some of the coarser hairs being 

 plucked out with a fine needle, so as to represent the legs, the 

 lower part of the body should be of pale green silk, and the wings 

 of the quill feather of a partridge. These must be tied on in pre- 

 cisely the same way as in the sand fly we have just before alluded 

 to, and should be a little longer than the body. It may be made 

 buz with a light blue hackle. 



The green peacock fly will sometimes do great execution. The 

 body is made with the green herl of a peacock's feather, the brighter 

 the green the better, with two or three turns of a deep red hackle 

 over all. The white gnat is also a gcod evening fly. The body 

 should be very slender, and made with white lamb's wool, warped 

 on with white silk, with wings of the quill feather of a starling, it 

 may be made buz with a light blue hackle, and may, towards the 

 evening, be fished with all the season through. 



Towards the latter end of the spring a very pretty little kind of 

 fly comes in that the fish are remarkably fond of, though from its 

 diminutive size and delicate form it is rarely well imitated, being 

 usually trimmed too large and clumsily. Like other ephemeral 

 flies it assumes two garbs, being first of a slate colour all over 

 wings and all. After casting its first coat the wings become per- 

 fectly transparent, the body under them of a deep brownish purple , 

 and the tail white, with the slightest possible bluish cast, and a 

 brown tip at the end, but the whisks are perfectly white. To 

 imitate the fly in its first state the body should be as slender as 

 can be made with two or three herb of the wing of a blue rock 

 pigeon, the whisks at the tail short, and the fibres of a bold blue 



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