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RED SPIDER (See Stewart's dressing.) 



BLACK SPIDER ,, 



Dux SPIDER ,, 



MAY FLY (See English dressing.) 



There are also a number of spider flies used in the Scotch rivers made 

 from feathers of grouse, partridge, golden plover, and blackbird. 



IRISH DRESSING. 



IRON BLUE body, darkest mole's fur, mixed with a little fiery brown 

 mohair, the last two turns picked out for legs ; wings, swift's quill 

 feather (second or third leader) ; tail, two fibres of rat's whiskers. 



OAK FLY tag, gold tinsel ; body, orange silk and two turns of hare's ear 

 under shoulder, ribbed with black horse hair : fags, red cock's hackle ; 

 winy*, under wing from a woodcock's quill feather, a few fibres of 

 partridge tail over ; if tail is used, two fibres of brown mallard. The 

 natural fly has no tail. 



ORANGE GROUSE tag, gold tinsel ; body, for two-thirds orange floss silk, 

 then towards the shoulder a mixture of red and yellow mohair and 

 hare's ear; legs, grouse hackle, trimmed ; wings, partridge tail or grouse. 



HAWTHORN tail, gold tinsel ; body, two-thirds black horse hair, re- 

 mainder black ostrich herl ; fags, black cock's hackle, or topping of 

 largest green plover (two or three turns; ; wings, light starling. 



BLUE DUN tag, gold tinsel ; tail, two fibres mallard or rat's whisker ; 

 body, water-rat fur taken from point of the ribs (tips cut off), mixed 

 with a little golden olive mohair ; ley*, water-rail, or the tips of the 

 fur mixed with golden olive ; winy*, bluish feather of the starling. 



HARE'S EAR FOR SPRING body, withered part of hare's ear, mixed with 

 golden olive mohair ; gold tinsel tag ; tail, two fibres of mallard ; h-yx, 

 red cock's hackle, short in fibre (may be varied by using wren tail) ; 

 ii-uigx, landrail of dull colour, not red. 



BLUE BLOW tag, yellow silk ; tail, mallard fibres ; body, mole's fur ; 

 fags, black cock's hackle ; wings, tomtit put on whole (the tips). 



CINNAMON FLY tag, gold tinsel ; tail, mallard fibres ; body, warm golden 

 olive mohair and fox fur ; fags, red cock's hackle ; //-/m/x, landrail 

 (ruddy). 



MARCH BROWN tag, gold tinsel ; tail, two fibres of mallard ; body, 

 hare's ear, cinnamon mohair and golden olive mixed, ribbed with yellow 

 silk ; ley*, partridge back ; wings, partridge tail. Another dressing 

 tag and tail, as the above ; body, hare's ear, claret (very little) and 



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