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grizzled hackle should be twisted twice, and 

 the fly is completed. 



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is to be found on the water at the same time 

 of the year as the spider fly, and is used 

 with success early in the morning and late in 

 the evening, whilst it is in season, which is 

 rarely for a longer period than ten days. It is 

 also a delicate fly, and not often out on cold 

 days. It derives the name of Green Tail 

 from a bunch of eggs of a green colour, 

 which drop on the water at the moment of 

 the fly's touching that element. The wings 

 lie flat on the back, and are made of the 

 shaded feather from the wing of a partridge 

 or hen pheasant ; the body of the dark fur 

 from a hare's ear, mixed with a little blue 

 fur; and for the tail the green harl from 



