250 THE BRITISH ANGLER'S LEXICON. 



YELLOW DUN body, pale yellow mohair, spun upon lemon-coloured silk ; 

 wings, young starling ; legs, pale yellow or dun hackle ; a turn of gold 

 tinsel at tail is sometimes added. This is an indispensable fly, as it 

 resembles many light duns that appear from time to time. It is first 

 seen about the middle of May, and will kill well into July. 



ALDER FLY body, bronze-coloured peacock's hcrl; Ir.gs, rusty-blackcock's 

 hackle ; ivirigs, landrail or brown hen's wing, dressed flat. From the 

 middle of May till the end of June this fly will kill well. F. Francis, 

 in his book on angling, gives it an excellent reputation as one of the 

 best evening flies. 



OAK FLY OR DOWNLOOKEII body, orange floss silk, ribbed with lead- 

 coloured silk ; legs, furnace hackle ; wings, woodcock or lark. The 

 natural fly is found on trunks of trees alongside of rivers, and always 

 with its head downward. It is sometimes used for daping, but does 

 not generally bear a high reputation as a good killing fly. 



HAUE LUG body and legs from hare's face, with the blue roots carefully, 

 clipped off, spun on yellow silk, very full at the shoulder ; tail, two 

 fibres red cock's hackle ; wings, pale starling, or may be varied by 

 wings of woodcock, dubbing picked out for legs. This fly may be 

 ribbed with fine gold oval twist, and may also have some golden- 

 olive fur, mixed with the hare's fur for the shoulder. The hare lug is 

 the most universally used of all the present known trout flies. 



CINNAMON FLY (called so from a faint odour of cinnamon arising from the 

 natural insect) body, hare's ear mixed with a small portion of sable 

 fur, this spun upon pale orange silk ; legs, ginger hackle ; wings, land- 

 rail or brown owl. This fly is principally used in August. When 

 made large it kills well on lakes. 



ORANGK DUN body, bright orange silk ; legs, dark furnace hackle ; 

 wing*, dark starling. This fly may also be ribbed with fine gold twist. 

 It is one of the best for mountain burns when the water is discoloured 

 with peat soil ; no better fly can be put on the cast. 



SAND FLY body, hare's ear, ribbed with light brown silk ; legs, ginger 

 hackle ; wings, landrail ; dressed on small hook, No. 1 or No. 2. 



OLIVE DUN body, yellow floss silk, ribbed with cream-coloured silk ; 

 wings, sea swallow ; legs, pale dun hackle. This fly requires to be 

 dressed very neatly. Nearly all the pale dun flies are now made with 

 straw or quill bodies, dyed to the requisite colour, and are very 

 delicate in hue. 



HAWTHORN FLY body, black ostrich herl, wound with dark brown silk, 

 full, short, and round ; legs, black hackle ; icings, light starling. An 

 excellent fly, and one that kills well on ponds and still waters. It may 



