AUGUST DUN LITTLE PALE-BLUE DUN 155 



an orange red than red, probably caused by 

 warmer weather and brighter sun than when the 

 March brown is on the water, for I share the 

 views expressed by some writers, viz., that this 

 fly and the March brown are the same, 



Ronalds gives a dressing of the fly, to which 

 Francis takes exception as being too stiff. As I 

 consider his amendment the better pattern, I give 

 the reader the benefit of it : 



Body: Light-brown floss-silk ribbed with yellow 



silk. 



Legs : A red hackle stained brown. 

 Tails : From hackle stained brown. 



THE LITTLE PALE-BLUE DUN (EPHEMERA). 



This is at times termed the ' willow fly.' It 

 is a most exquisitely graceful little insect, and 

 most delicate in colour, and is a very good late 

 summer and autumn fly. I give Ronalds' dressing 

 of it as being the best, save that he forgets to 

 add the tails : 



Body : Very pale-blue fur mixed with a very little 



yellow mohair. 



Wings : From the sea-swallow (wing-feather ?). 

 Legs : The palest-blue hackle procurable. 

 Tails : From palest-blue hackle procurable. 



If dressed buzz, a hackle feather from the sea- 

 swallow only should be used, instead of wings and 

 legs as above. 



