PEACTICAL FLY-FISHEK. 31 



FLIES FOR OCTOBER, 



Nos. 59 and 60. Blue Bottle and Horse Fly. 

 No. 61. Light Olive Bloa. 



Good to the end of the season. 



Blue Bottle. 



Wings. Jay's quill feather. 

 Body. Green herl of Peacock, or purple silk. 

 Legs. Pewit's topping, ribbed neatly down the body ; the fibres 

 then snipped off, except under the wings. 



The Peacock's herl gives it a green, the silk a blue tint ; this, as well 

 as the House Fly, are out during most of the season, but are seldom 

 taken till, weakened by cold weather, they fall in great quantities on the 

 river. 



Horse Fly. 



Wings. Lark's quill feather. 



Body. Light brown silk, ribbed with drab Ostrich herl. 



Legs. Grizzled hackle. 



Small Olive Bloa. 



Wings. Starling's quill feather stained in onion dye. 

 Body. Yellow silk ; cobbler's wax. 

 Legs. Olive stained hackle. 

 Tail. Two strands of the same, 



This fly is probably the same as No. 2, but is much smaller. It seems 

 to live all Winter, and appears early in Spring, as Nos. 1 and 2. 



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