THE SPRING GRUB 341 



21. THE GLOW-WORM GRUB. 

 All the grubs, and there are several varieties, 

 strange uncanny-looking things, are useful at 

 times. They may be described as wingless 

 salmon-flies, jointed in the middle with a hackle 

 feather, and also hackled at the butt. I purpose 

 giving two dressings, viz., the glow-worm and the 

 spring. The following dressing of the former I 

 took from one of Farlow's patterns, though I 

 believe it is not the true glow-worm. Neverthe- 

 less, it proved itself to be as good as any. 



Tag : Silver twist and claret floss-silk. 



Tail : A topping. 



Butt : Red parrot's hackle, and small speckled 

 guinea-fowl over it. 



Body : In two portions, of deep copper-coloured 

 twisted tinsel, hackled in the centre with a blue- 

 dun hackle. 



Throat : Dark-claret hackle, with a small speckled 

 guinea-fowl hackle over it to the head. 



22. THE SPRING GRUB. 

 Tag : Silver twist and light-blue silk. 

 Tail : Scarlet ibis and blue macaw in married 



strips. 



Butt : A furnace hackle dyed orange. 

 Body : Divided, as in No. 20. The lower half 



of yellow silk, ribbed with black chenille, and 



