A FEW PATTERNS OF FLIES 217 



WILLOW 

 Wings. None. 

 Body. Light blue fur, mole or fox, ribbed with light 



yellow silk. 



Legs. Glossy white or transparent hackle. 

 Tail. Two whisks of same. 



MOLE 



Wings. Medium starling or duck. 



Body. Light mole fur lightly dressed and tightly wound. 

 Legs. Purplish-brown (dyed), hackle tied palmer-wise. 

 Tail. Three or four whisks of same. 



The standard pattern of this fly is tied with light 

 brown woodcock wings. 



It is advisable that each of the patterns be 

 tied on hooks of different sizes Nos. 10, 12, 14, 

 and 1 6 will suffice because the size of the fly is 

 often important, particularly when the water is 

 very low and clear. 



If a greater aid is required in floating the fly 

 (barring the use of paraffin) other than a stiff 

 hackle at the shoulder, I would recommend 

 that a short-fibred hackle be tied on at the 

 shoulder and carried around and down the body 

 to the tail, the fibres being cut off close to the 

 body after tying. The effect of this dressing 

 will be to make the fly float better, particularly 

 after some use, and after the points of the 

 longer shoulder hackles have been submerged. 



