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the end of May, and continues for two 

 months. It is a good fly at all hours of the 

 day, if the water be not very low. 



No. 23. £Ijc little gelloto 4tfgg or millofo iflo 



resembles the green drake in form, and is 

 composed of nearly the same materials, but 

 on a much smaller scale. The body of yel- 

 low fur from the martin's neck ; or yellow 

 worsted unravelled, and mixed with a very 

 small quantity of the fur from, the hare's ear, 

 so arranged that the yellow shall predomi- 

 nate as the colour of the belly ; wings of the 

 mallard's feather dyed yellow ; or it may be 

 made as a hackle fly, with a white cock's 

 feather dyed of the same shade of yellow. 

 This fly comes on early in May, and is the 

 precursor of the green drake ; until the ap- 

 pearance of which it may be used with 

 success. 



