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red or black cock's hackle over it; and, in hot weather, 

 add gold twist. 



RED HACKLE. Body, red silk and gold twist ; and 

 a red cock's hackle-*-' till June : afterwards, use orange 

 silk for the body. An excellent fly . 



N. B. This is more properly the Orange-fly. It re- 

 sembles in colour a Seville orange. Wings may 

 be added) either of a ruddy hen or chicken^ or of 

 the softest feather of a rook's wing: the Jirst 

 will give it an orange, the latter, a dunnish hue. 

 It has four wings ; two next the body, of a very 

 dark grey colour? and two, serving as a case 

 over them, sometimes of a dirty blackish colour, 

 and sometimes of an orange colour. 



BLOA WATCHET*, Is a small fly; and appears 

 on the water, in a cold day. (hook No. 9 or 10.) The 

 body, fur of a water-rat, black part of a hare's scut, 

 the pale roots cut off, a very little brown bear's hair : 

 warp with pale brown, or olive-coloured, silk. Wing, 

 of a hen blackbird . 



YELLOW WATCHET. Body, water rat's fur, the 

 blackest part of a hare's scut, greenish yellow crewel for 

 feet : warp with green silk. Wing, the lightest part of 

 a blackbird's feather. Hook No. 9 or 10. 



KNOTTED GREY GNAT. Body, darkest part of a 

 hare's scut, dark brown foal's hair, dark fur of the black 

 of an old fox ; warp with grey silk. Wing, the bloa 

 feather of a fieldfare. 



GREEN-TAIL. Body, dark part of a hare's scut, 

 and darkest bloa fur of an old fox ; light part of a 

 squirrel's tail, and a hair or two of the coarse brown- 

 ish part of it, for feet; warp with ash-coloured silk. 

 Wing, of a hen pheasant. 



* WATCHKT ; Color ctrvleus albic arts, Skinner. Pale- or sky-blue. 



