FLOATING FLIES 87 



No. 12. BLACK MIDGE. 



Body : Black quill. 



Hackle : Black hen. 



Wings : Speckled hackle points dyed olive, projecting on each 



side of body. 

 Season : Warm days of summer. 



No. 13. BADGER HACKLE. 



Body : Black silk, very short. 



Hackle : Badger, black centre, white tips. 



Season : Warm, calm weather when trout are " smutting." 



No. 14. CORNCRAKE SEDGE. 



Body : Broad yellow quill. 



Hackle : Red hen hackle, continued down the body. 



Wings : Corncrake, pent-shaped. 



Season : Afternoon and early evening in July. 



No. 15. CINNAMON SEDGE. 



Body : Hare-lug. 

 Hackle : Dark brown hen. 

 Wings : Brown hen, pent-shaped. 

 Season : June and July evenings. 



No. 16. GRANNOM OR GREENTAIL. 



Body : Light hare-lug. 



Hackle : Pale red, hen's hackle. 



Wings : Inside of soft part of hen-pheasant wing, pent^shaped. 



Butt : Peacock, green. 



Season : May. 



No. 17. BLACK SEDGE. 



Body : Broad black quill over silk. 

 Hackle : Black hen. 

 Wings : Black hen, pent-shaped. 

 Season : August. 



No. 18. NEEDLE-BROWN. 



Body : Brown quill. 



Hackle : Natural brown cock. 



Season : From August onwards. 



