254 THE BRITISH ANGLER'S LEXICON. 



RED PALMER body, copper-coloured peacock's herl, ribbed with gold 

 twist ; red cock's hackle over all. 



BLACK. PALMER body, black ostrich herl, ribbed with silver twist ; black 

 cock's hackle over all. The above two palmers are old-established 

 favourites for trout, dace, and chub, and if dressed on a No. or 1 

 hook are eq.ually in favour with the grayling. 



BLACK SPIDER body, brown silk ; hackle, from green glossy feather of 

 cook starling. 



RED SPIDER body, yellow silk ; hackle, from red feather of landrail. 



DUN SPIDER body, yellow silk ; hackle, from golden-tipped feather of 

 dotterel. The above are three of the spiders recommended by the late 

 W. C. Stewart in his " Practical Angler "; and the following three 

 patterns are the winged flies he also advocated in his admirable 

 work : 



1. A WOODCOCK WING, with a single turn of red hackle, dressed with 

 yellow silk freely exposed on the body. 



2. HARK LUG BODY, with a corn bunting or chaffinch wing ; a woodcock 

 wing may be put to same body, but should be made from the small 

 light-coloured feather taken from the inside of the wing. 



3. WOODCOCK WING, with a single turn of a soft black hen's hackle or 

 small feather from the shoulders of the starling, dressed with dark- 

 coloured silk. 



TROUT FLIES : SPIDERS. 



DARK WOODCOCK AND ORANGE BODY. 



LIGHT WOODCOCK AND YELLOW BODY. 



DARK SNIPE AND PURPLE BODY. 



DARK SNIPE AND ORANGE BODY. 



LIGHT SNIPE AND YELLOW BODY. 



RED HACKLE AND ORANGE BODY. 



DOTTEREL HACKLE AND YELLOW OR ORANGE BODY. 



GOLDEN PLOVER AND YELLOW BODY. 



PARTRIDGE HACKLE AND ORANGE BODY. 



DARK GROUSE HACKLE AND ORANGE BODY. 



LIGHT GROUSE HACKLE AND YELLOW BODY. 



GREY PARTRIDGE HACKLE AND YELLOW BODY. 



The above are twelve of the best patterns of spider flies, and are most 

 -deadly in the waters of the north of England and south of Scotland. If 



