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out the form in which the fiy is to be dressed 

 artificially. 



This may be considered as one of the best 

 flies for affording diversion which can pos- 

 sibly be selected, for it may be used success- 

 fully at all hours of the day, from April to 

 the end of September ; and is equally allur- 

 ing to Trout and Grayling. 



Whilst on the borders of Yorkshire, where, 

 as well as in Cumberland and Westmoreland, 

 the snipe's wing and golden plover's feathers 

 dressed as hackles without dubbed bodies are 

 the favourite flies, the writer was induced by 

 the recommendation of an experienced Ang- 

 ler to try them. During the morning, the 

 weight and number of fish taken were nearly 

 equal, say from three to four pounds each. 

 Not satisfied with this diversion, as the fish 

 were eagerly rising at something, the idea of 

 trying the Sand fly suggested itself ; the con- 



