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first of these two dressings, that the hackle should 

 be put on last. It is at best but a clumsy arrange- 

 ment, and utterly unworthy of one whose patterns 

 are so generally perfect. 



FRANCIS FRANCIS. 



Wings : Light or dark starling wing-feather, as 

 required. 



Hackle : Blue dun. 



Body : Two or three strands from the long droop- 

 ing feathers of the heron's breast, ribbed with 

 fine straw-coloured silk, for a light-coloured fly. 

 For a darker one, the strands to be taken from 

 the wing of the heron. 



Tails : Blue dun. 



He decries the use of silk for bodies of flies, as 

 being liable to vary in colour. He objects to the 

 use of hare's ear for the body as being too rough, 

 and prefers the use of a strip of quill to the above 

 dressing of heron's feathers, also suggesting that 

 the hackle would be improved by being stained 

 in slightly yellow dye. 



HALFORD. 



Wings : Light starling or snipe. 



Body : Pale mole's fur, or fur from a water-rat, 



spun on primrose silk. 

 Hackle and tails : Pale-blue dun. 



Hook o, oo, or ooo. 



