THE CO.MPLETE A.NuLEK. bli 



but retains its natural color ; and this fly is taken in a warm 

 sun, this whole month through. 



2. There is also a very little bright dun gnat, as little as can 



portion of my friend's art in making and using the flies recommended, he 

 will have nothing to wish for but a heart equally at peace with God and 

 man — and, when he goes a fishing, 



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A day with not too bright a beam, 



And a south-west wind to curl the stream." 



It must not be supposed that these flies are all that may be used, but with 

 those others, too well known to need description, a book well supplied ac- 

 cording to the list, is all that the fly-fisher necessarily needs. The ex- 

 perienced angler will recognise some old and highly valued acquaint- 

 ances. 



No. 1. A tail, end, or stretcher fly, on a No. 4 (Limerick) hook. Body, 

 light slate drab, wound with the smallest gold cord and a red hackle. 

 Wings, the brown under feather of the peacock's wing. Its tail has a tuft 

 of red worsted (or mohair) ; and its head is wound round with gold cord. 

 This is so excellent a fly as to be known in some places as The Fly. It is 

 good as a general fly throughout the season. Made on a No. 8 hook, it 

 may be used as a drop-fly with much execution. 



No. 2. For a tail-fly on No. 5, for a drop on No. S. Body, first wound 

 with yellow floss silk, then a thread of crimson, then in an opposite direc- 

 tion a thread of gold, with a slight yellow or red hackle at the head for 

 legs. Wings, rather full of the brown wing feathers of the peacock, or 

 the lightest brown wing of the turkey-cock. (This fly is my friend's own 

 invention, and he pronounces it very good. It resembles the cow dung, 

 except in the body, which is gayer.) 



No. 3. A dropper on a No. 6 hook. Having attached the hook to the snell, 

 take two pieces of stiff" gut about « to ? of an inch long, and, having soaked 

 some pieces of fine gut, wind them round the stiff" gut to make a. tail, wind- 

 ing in three black hairs at the end, then bind this on the hook. The body 

 is of peacock's herl ; red hackle for legs ; wings of a mottled wild duck's 

 feather. An early fly. 



No. 4. A dropper on a No. 9 hook. The body, of bright yellow floss silk, 

 wound with gold and a red hackle. Wings, of the bright feathers on the 

 breast of a wiLd pigeon, cut rather short, and dropping a little below the 

 line of the hook. A most effective fly for May and June, indeed for the 

 whole season. It may be varied in the color of the body by dubbing with 

 red, &.C. 



No. 5. On a No. 8 hook Resembles No. 2, with the wings of No. 4. 



No. 6. A tail Palmer, on a No. 4 hook. Body, black mohair, with a 

 little orange towards the head; wound with silver, and a strong black 

 hackle from the tail of a Poland eock. A very killing fly, though it has 



