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well waxed. Tail. One or two whisks of a pale ginger hackle. Wings. 

 Feather from a starling's wing, not very light. Legs. Pale ginger 

 hackle. The Hampshire style is as follows : Body. The dirty blue 

 feather of the heron's hackle warped with yellow silk. Tail. Dun 

 hackle, with grizzled brown tinge. Legs. The same. Wings. Darkish 

 starling feather. 



Blue Bottle, House Fly, or Shade Fly (Order Diptera, family Muscidce, 

 genus Sarcophaga, species Striata). This is a very useful all-round fly, 

 from early season till late, when they usually become blind on the 

 approach of winter. It is also a very useful fly for "dopping," and 

 I have known it when wild, as I shall hereafter describe, to be par- 

 ticularly useful for that purpose. Body. Bright blue floss silk tied with 

 light brown silk thread, showing the brown at the head. Wings. Feather 

 of the starling's wing. L gs. Black hackle from a cock wrapped down 

 the principal part of the body. Hook No. 3, short. 



I must not forget, before leaving this branch of the subject, to give 

 the reader the benefit of Mr. Stewart's experience in the shape of details 

 of his general flies, three of which he terms spiders, and three winged 

 flies. They are killing in the north at least of that there can be no doubt 

 at all but let it be distinctly understood I do not give in my adherence 

 to their exclusive use any more than T do to Mr. Fennell' s "typical" 

 system. The spiders are merely hackle flies, and are as follows : 



1. The Black Spider. This is made with the small feather of the cock 

 starling, dressed with brown silk. 



2. The Red Spider is made with the small feather taken from the 

 outside of the landrail's wing, dressed with yellow silk. 



3. The Dun Spider is made from the small soft dun or ash-coloured 

 feather taken from the outside of the dotterel's wing ; failing that, from 

 the inside wing of the starling. The lashing of the hook forms the body. 



The winged flies are as follows : 



1. A woodcock wing, with a single turn of red hackle or landrail, 

 dressed with yellow silk freely exposed in the body. For coloured water 

 it may be dressed with scarlet thread. 



2. Hare lug body, with a corn bunting or chaffinch wing ; a woodcock 

 wing may be put to the same body, but should be made from the small 

 light-coloured feather from the inside of the wing. 



3. Woodcock wing, with a single turn of a soft black hen hackle, or a 

 small feather taken from the shoulders of the starling, dressed with 

 dark-coloured silk. 



Having thus furnished the tyro with a list of flies which will ever be 

 sufficient for casual or interrupted fishing, wherever he may find himself 

 in Great Britain, or, in other words, wherever trout are to be found, I 



