144 The Angler's Secret 



Borrows the pride of land, of sea, of air ; 

 Furs, pearls, and plumes the glittering thing 



displays, 

 Dazzles our eyes and easy hearts betrays." 



GAY. 

 APRIL PATTERNS 



Black Gnat. Wings, black ; body, 

 black ostrich; legs, none, except on 

 hooks larger than No. 10, in which case 

 we call the pattern "black hackle." 



Dark Claret Gnat. Body, dark claret; 

 feet, black; wings, sub-hyaline. 



Bright Claret Gnat. Body, bright claret, 

 mixed with red fox face; feet, ginger; 

 wings, one sex hyaline, the other ochrous. 



Olive Gnat. Body, dark olive, mixed 

 with bright claret; feet, ginger; wings, 

 hyaline. 



Bright Fox. Body and feet, brightest 

 part of the fox, mixed with yellow; 

 wings, brightest hyaline ; tail, pale yellow. 



Dark Fox. Body and feet, dark fox, 

 mixed with lemon-colored mohair; wings, 

 sub-hyaline ; tail, three fibres of dark gray 

 hackle. 



