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sometimes be varied with advantage by giving the tail two or three 

 turns of gold tinsel. 



ORANOE GROUSE body, dark orange silk; turn of gold tinsel at tail j 

 wings, red grouse ; leys, dark red game cock's hackle feather. This fly 

 will kill well in August and September. 



RKD SPINNER body, copper-coloured silk, ribbed with gold thread ; tail, 

 three strands of black-red game cock ; hackles of same for legs ; icings, 

 dark starling, or, better still, the warm golden feather from the 

 American wood duck. This is one of the well known flies, and may be 

 used after the disappearance of the blue dun in May and June. 



GRKENTAIL OR GRANNAM body, fur from the hare's poll spun on light 

 brown silk : a couple of turns of bright green peacock's herl at tail to 

 represent eggs, as seen in the natural insect ; ley*, ginger hackle ; 

 wings, light-coloured hen pheasant. This fly only lasts about a fort* 

 night in April, and is much used by anglers in the North of England. 



GKKKN DRAKE body, straw-coloured mohair, ribbed with gold twist ; 

 ivings, a mallard or summer duck's mottled feather, dyed a palo olive 

 green by the bark of the barberry shrub ; ley*, honey dun hackle ; head 

 of this fly made by a turn or two of peacock's head feather or dark 

 brown silk. 



THE GREY DRAKE body, light dun-coloured mohair or floss silk ; fail,. 

 two or three mallard fibres ; winyx, mottled' feather of mallard, undyed 

 and slightly bleached ; leys, a dark dun cock's hackle. The drake flies 

 are generally dressed now with cork or indiarubber bodies, in the 

 detached body style (q.v. } ; they are essentially floating flies. 



LIPTLE GREEN DRAKE body, pale ginger-coloured fur from behind the 

 hare's ear, ribbed over with yellow silk thread ; tail, one or two whisks 

 from a dun hackle ; vringx, mottled feather from mallard, stained as for 

 green drake ; leys, light dun hackle, stained yellowish. This is called 

 by Ronald the little yellow May dun, and the dressing as above i 

 recommended by the same author. 



GRAVEL BED FLY body, lead-coloured floss silk ; wings, light woodcock ; 

 leys made from a long black hackle. This fly is only found in some 

 localities, but it kills well when the natural flies appear. Tie on a 

 No. '2 hook. 



LITTLE IRON BLUE body, mole's fur, tied with crimson or copper silk ; 

 leys, slate blue hackle ; wings, of a lead-coloured feather, dressed 

 upright. This will give a good representation of this little fly, which 

 appears about the middle of May and continues well into June. It 

 comes in shoals, generally on cold days, and, when well on, trout seem 

 to prefer it to all others. 



