2$2 THE BRITISH ANGLER'S LEXICON. 



EVENING DUN body, straw-coloured wool, very slightly wound on ; legs, 

 pale dun hackle ; wings, light starling, dyed a pale yellow ; made on 

 Nos, and 1 hooks. An excellent evening fly in June and July. 



BLACK GNAT body, black wool or thin ostrich herl ; leys, black starling ; 

 wings, blackbird quill feather or darkish starling ; made on No. hook, 

 very small. A fly well known, and may be used the whole season. 



TURKEY BROWN body, brown silk floss, ribbed with purple silk ; leys, 

 brown hackle ; wings, from partridge rump ; tail, two strands of brown 

 hackle ; hooks No. 2 or 3. Kills well after the disappearance of the 

 March browns. 



Cow DUNG FLY body, dirty yellow wool : leys, ginger hackle ; winy*, 

 from quill feather of landrail ; Nos. 2 and 3 hooks. Mostly used on 

 windy days. 



YELLOW SALLY body, yellowish buff wool ; leys, ginger hackle : wings, 

 white feather, dyed a pale yellow. This yellow fly sometimes kills 

 well, and where willow trees are growing it is very abundant. 



SEDGE FLY body, made of ginger-coloured fur, ribbed with gold tinsel ; 

 ley*, light red hackle, run down the body ; under wings starling, upper 

 wings landrail quill feather ; hook No. 2 or 3. 



SILVER HORNS body, black ostrich herl ; ley a, black hackle ; wings, from 

 the quill feather of a cock blackbird ; horns, two strands of giey teal ; 

 hook No. 2 or 3. 



SKY BLUE body, blue fur, mixed with pale yellow wool ; leys, ginger 

 hackle ; wings, from sea swallow ; tail, two strands of ginger hackle ; 

 hooks Nos. and 1. 



AUGUST DUN body, light brown floss, ribbed with yellow silk ; ley*, light 

 brown hackle ; winys, light brown mottled feather from brown hen ; 

 tail, two strands of brown hackle ; hook No. 2 or 3. 



WHIRLING BLUE DUN body, blue and ginger fur mixed, ribbed with 

 yellow silk ; Icy ft, light red hackle ; wings, starling quill feather : tail, 

 two strands of light red hackle ; Nos. 2 and 3 hooks, 



LEE'S FAVOURITE body, black silk, ribbed silver thread ; leys, black 

 hackle ; wings, water-hen quill feather. 



HOFLAND'S FANCY body, brown silk ; legs, red hackle ; winy*, from 

 woodcock quill feather, with t\vo strands of red hackle for tail. 



BKOUGHTON POINT body, purple silk ; leys, dark starling hackle, mixed 

 with two or three fibres of scarlet hackle ; icings, from starling quill 

 feather. 



