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most commonly the smaller streams, where 

 they are to be used with the best success. 

 They appear about the twentieth of May, 

 and continue for nearly a month. The 

 wings stand erect upon the back, and vary 

 in the tints of yellow in different flies. The 

 body is long, slender, and taper towards the 

 tail, from the end of which spring the fork- 

 ed whisks, which turning up towards the 

 back, give the name of Green Drake to this 

 fly. The body is made of hog's down, or 

 light bear's hair, intermixed with yellow mo- 

 hair; or of barber's yellow silk only, warped 

 with pale flos silk, and a small strip of pea- 

 cock's harl for the head ; a bittern's hackle is 

 acknowledged to be the best imitation of the 

 legs and dark stripes of the body ; and for 

 the tail the long hairs of sable or fitchet are 

 most appropriate. 



As no natural feather approaches the re- 

 semblance of the wings of this fly, it is neces- 



