DRESSINGS OF MARCH BROWN r 3 5 



Wings : Upright the same as for the male* fly ; 

 but the hackle will impart a lighter shade. 



In Wales it is dressed hacklewise, with a brown 

 mottled partridge-feather, and ribbed with pale- 

 green silk. 



The above dressings of this fly may be used 

 with success again in July. 



MALE FLY (FRANCIS FRANCIS). 



Body : Dark-brown fur from hare's ear or face, 



ribbed with tawny yellow silk. 

 Legs : Hackle from a partridge's back. 

 Tails : Two strands of a partridge's back. 

 Wings : The dark, mottled, and blurred feathers 



from a cock pheasant's wing. 



FEMALE FLY. 



Legs : From a partridge's breast-feather. 

 Tails : From a partridge's breast-feather. 



A few strands of any olive-coloured fur may be 

 introduced amongst the hare's ear, and the wing 

 a shade lighter than that used for the male fly. 

 The rest of the fly the same as that for the 

 male. 



I think that there should be a very marked 

 difference between the colour and size of these 

 two flies, and that the wing of the female fly 

 should be, in the latter case, taken from the 



