VARIOUS DRESSINGS 163 



DETACHED BADGER. 



Hackle : Badger cock. 



Body : White horsehair dyed in No. 9, worked 



over a doubled bristle similarly dyed, and 



ribbed with crimson tying-silk. 

 Tails : Pale cream-colour. 



Hook o or oo. 



BROWN SPINNER. 



Ronalds gives no dressing of this fly. Francis 

 dresses it similarly to the red spinner, but 

 with a lighter and browner silk for the body, and 

 ribbed with fine gold wire, the hackle being of a 

 lighter red, and the wing of a lighter hue. He 

 states that it is a useful fly after the yellow dun 

 has been on the water during the day. 



CLARET SPINNER (HALFORD). 



Wings : Pale starling. 



Body : Claret floss -silk, ribbed with fine gold 



wire. 



Hackle : Red game-cock. 

 Tails : Pale cream-colour. 



Hook o, oo, or ooo. 



Halford states that it is useful during the early 

 mornings in hot weather. 



