LIST OF FLIES. 177 



* 5. Red spinner ^ 



' 6. Black gnat \ Summer evening. 



* 7. Pale blue, with silver twist J 



8. Seg fly. Middle of September till end of 

 October. Wing, landrail's feather. Body, as near 

 the same colour as possible. This and the next, 



' 9. The pale blue, or ' fisherman's curse,' from its 

 being so difficult to imitate. Two of the best flies 

 in the whole year. The only thing I ever found to 

 succeed for the wing or legs is the feather of the 

 tern, or sea swallow; and the body of the same 

 coloured dubbing, mixed with a little yellow. 



' 1 0. Light willow. September and October. 



Ml. Dark willow. End of September till De- 

 cember. 



' 12, 13, 14. A blue dun, and dark palmer, I 

 never found fish refuse in any river I ever yet 

 fished in, and a little red palmer made from the very 

 moon of the peacock's feather, which grayling will 

 take at all seasons of the year. 



4 I have here only mentioned those flies with 

 which I myself have had the best success ; and I 

 only put the spider fly along with them because it 

 is a very killing fly for trout ; and I have never 

 seen it properly made by any one but Jones ; but 

 I do not reckon the grayling fishing to commence 



* No, 8 may be made two sizes larger if the water is not very 

 fine. 



