LIST OF FLIES. 61 



night fly and should be used in a dark 

 gloomy night, from eleven o'clock till day- 

 break : when you hear the fish rise strike 

 immediately. The wings are made of a 

 feather from the wing of a white owl ; the 

 body of white cotton ; and a white cock's 

 hackle wrapped round the body. 



17. GOVERNOR. This appears early in 

 June, and may be fished with till August. 

 The wings are of a woodcock's feather ; the 

 body of a peacock's harl, tied with orange 

 silk. 



18. MARCH BROWN. This fly appears 

 about the middle of March, and continues 

 on to the end of April : it is a most ex- 

 cellent fly, and kills best from eleven o'clock 

 till three. The wings are made of the 

 dark mottled feather from the tail of a 

 partridge ; the body of fur from a hare's ear, 

 well mixed with a little yellow worsted ; and 

 a grizzled cock's hackle for legs. 



