162 ROD AND RIVER 



This dressing will suffice for the imago of the 

 blue dun and red spinners generally. The hook 

 would be an ordinary o or i, or even oo ; but he 

 states no size. 



HALFORD'S PATTERNS OF RED SPINNERS. 



Wings : Honey dun cock hackle points. 



Body : Peacock or adjutant quill dyed in No. 9, 



and ribbed with fine gold wire. 

 Hackle : Black-butted red game-cock. 

 Tails : From a pale cream - coloured Dorking 



cock's hackle. 



Hook o, oo, or ooo. 



HACKLE RED SPINNER. 



Hackle : Honey dun cock over three or four turns 



of black ostrich at shoulder. 

 Body : Peacock or adjutant quill dyed in No. 9, 



and ribbed with fine gold wire. 

 Tails : Pale cream-colour. W. F. 



Hook o or oo. 



N.B. A first-rate pattern. 



BROWN BADGER. 



Hackle : Badger cock. 



Body : Peacock-quill dyed in No. 9. 



Tails : Pale cream-colour. 



Hook o or oo. 



