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it precisely as he does, however, preferring dark hare's ear 

 and mole's fur for the body, a grizzled blue dun hackle for 

 legs, and hen pheasant's wing for the wings ; hook No. 8. 

 I believe this is the same fly as is used at Winchester, and 

 on the Itchin, under the name of Hammond's Adopted, 

 after Mr. Hammond, the tackle-maker there, who does- 

 considerable execution with it: and I have found his 

 dressing capital for the evening, both on the Itchin and 

 elsewhere. He employs a medium ruddy brown crewel 

 body, a rusty brown red hackle, dressed from tail to head, 

 and a hen pheasant's or woodcock's wing feather for the 

 wing. It answers also for the tribe of small brown moths 

 which come out at night. 



The Wrentail, Brown, Bent, Froghopper, Jumper, &c* 

 (see Plate VII. fig. 22, p. 185). This little insect, of 

 which there are two or three varieties, may be seen in the 

 fine sunny weather sunning itself on the long spires of 

 grass ; when disturbed it hops away, making a prodigious 

 leap for so small a creature ; as it is abundant on the river- 

 side, its wings constantly leave it on the surface of the 

 water, where the fish eagerly snap it up. It is not an 

 easy fly to imitate : the best way is to dress it buzz on a 

 No. 11 or 12 hook. On a body of yellow silk, whirl a 

 tomtit's or a wren's tail feather, or for a change a golden 

 plover hackle. If it does not kill very well, the time 

 when the angler is obliged to use it may have something 

 to do with the reason, as it is chiefly a warm-weather fly,, 

 and is little seen save in sunshine. 



With the warm evenings the moths come into play ; 

 and though occasionally they may kill in June, yet 

 July is soon enough to resort to them. The best of 

 them is 



The White Moth. It may be dressed either small, or 

 medium, or large. If large, take a No. 5 or 6 hook ; body,, 

 of white crewel or white ostrich herl; legs, white hen's. 



