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I should say that in the dressing given by 

 F. Francis the hooks would be the ordinary- 

 sized Nos. i, 3, and 4. 



THE ORANGE BUMBLE. 



The bumbles hail from Derbyshire, where they 

 are much in request, especially for grayling. I 

 have used them myself on the Derbyshire rivers, 

 and found them excellent there, but, strange to 

 say, have not been as successful with them on 

 other streams. Of late years they have come 

 into use in Hampshire, and appear, from what 

 Mr. Halford states, to have answered so well 

 that the orange variety has earned for itself the 

 title of 'the priceless bumble.' Bumbles are of 

 all shades ; what they are intended to represent I 

 cannot imagine. Mr. Halford gives two dressings, 

 which I here append : 



Body : Orange floss silk, ribbed with a strand of 



peacock sword-feather, and fine flat gold. 

 Hackle : Honey dun cock. 



Hook o or oo (long). 



THE CLARET BUMBLE. 



Body : Claret floss silk, ribbed with a strand of 



peacock's sword-feather. 

 Hackle : Medium blue dun cock. 



Hook as before. 



