30 PRACTICAL FLY-FISHER. 



FLIES FOR SEPTEMBER. 



No. 55. Light Olive Bloa. 



A good fly to the end of the season. 



Wings. Inside of Dotteril's wing ; or smaller quill of Sea Gull. 



Body. Pale French white silk. 



Legs and Tail. Pale blue hackle. 



About the same time there is another light bloa ; wing of the same 

 feather as No. 55 : body, yellow silk ; legs, yellow hackle ; tail, two 

 strands of same. 



No. 56. Dark Olive Bloa. 



Wings. Inside of Waterhen's wing. 

 Body. Lead-coloured silk. 

 Legs. Dark olive or black hackle. 

 Tail. Three small Rabbit's whiskers. 



No. 57. Small Willow Ply. 



Good on warm days, continues to the end of the season. 



This fly is best made by wrapping a feather from the inside of a 

 Snipe's wing, or a small grizzled hackle, on a body of light brown 

 silk, or Mole's fur and yellow silk. 



No. 58. Large Willow Fly. 



Wings. Inside of Woodcock's wing feather. 

 Body. Mole's fur spun on yellow silk. 

 Legs. Brown hackle. 



This fly is well made by hackling a grizzled hackle of a copperish hue 

 on the above body. 



