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Body : White floss-silk, ribbed with a strand of 

 peacock's herl, which is cinnamon-coloured at 

 the root, and dark at the point, the dark portion 

 being worked at the tail end. 



Tails : Brown mallard. 



Hook 2, 3, or 4 (long). 



THE MARCH BROWN (EPHEMERA). 



This fly is not to be found on all rivers, and I 

 have never seen it on those in Hampshire. 

 Where it is met with it affords great sport. 



Here, again, there is a marked difference 

 between the male and female. The latter is the 

 larger and lighter in colour, especially as regards 

 the wings. 



Like the mayfly, it rarely appears in the month 

 from which it takes its name, and is not usually 

 on the water before April, except in a very early 

 season. It is termed the 'cob-fly' in Wales. 



There is another fly, which makes its appear- 

 ance in August, called the ' August dun/ and 

 which is very similar to the March brown so 

 much so as to induce the belief that it is a 

 second, later edition of that fly. It also is an 

 excellent fly. I shall refer to it later on. 



No fisherman should be without two or three 

 sizes of the March brown in his book, for it is 

 one of the most useful of all flies, and will often 

 kill fish when nothing else will, especially if fished 



