VARIOUS DRESSINGS 151 



tip only to be used), or the upper end of the 

 wing-feather of a tomtit when in full plumage. 

 If procurable, a feather from the wing of a 

 merlin hawk may be advantageously substi- 

 tuted. 

 Legs : A very small yellow dun hackle. 



Hook o (short). 



He says that it is difficult to find a hackle 

 feather of the proper tint to make this fly buzz. 



Francis gives the following dressing : 



Body : Dark slate. (I suppose he means mole's 



fur.) 

 Wings : A dark-blue feather from the wing of 



the cormorant, tail of tomtit, or breast of the 



moorhen. 

 Hackle : A shade or two lighter than the body. 



(This would be, I conclude, a medium-coloured 



blue dun.) 

 Tail ; Same colour as the hackle. 



Theakstone's pattern is follows : 



Head, shoulders, and three last joints of the body : 

 Dark-brown silk. 



For the middle of the body : Light blue-gray 

 silk. 



Hackle : Water-rail or water-hen's small leady 

 breast-feather, with a few fibres of light blue- 

 gray fur from the fox- cub. W. F. 



