20 LIST OF FLIES. 



are not so numerous query, are they male and female 1 

 Wings, slips from a rankly freckled feather from the 

 woodcock, moorcock, or snipe ; body, orange silk or mag- 

 pie's gilded harl, with a few fibres of amber mohair, or 

 squirrel's fur at the breast, in imitation of the legs. 



12TH. HERON SPINNER.' Full length, about one-eighth 

 and one-sixteenth ; length, about the same ; wings, one- 

 eighth ; when they come out of the water their colors reflect 

 the ashy blue shades of the heron, which, with their shape, 

 brings that bird to mind ; the wings are very fine and clear, 

 they slant down the sides, similar to the duns, but they are 

 rounded on the top edges, and, when looked down upon, 

 appear of a fine rich blue color ; thighs, a pale, dim yellow 

 transparency, darkening to the feet; their shoulders are 

 round ; body small, and legs long ; with a small brush at 

 the nose. As the season advances they become yellower ; 

 they come out of the water in great numbers this month 

 and next, and may be found under stones close by its side, 

 and on spider webs. They are good for old smelt. 



Dressed very fine, with small, pale yellow silk ; wings, 

 from the blue feather of a kingfisher, or blue titmouse; 

 legs, pale yellow mohair. 



13TH. ROYAL CHARLIE." Full length, about half an 

 inch ; length, a quarter to a quarter and one-sixteenth ; 

 wings, three-eighths, which, when closed, are of a light 

 ashy ground, broken and crossed into checker work, with 

 dark veins, the under sides glossy, dark and woody ; when 

 held to the light, the ground is clear ; the dark veins of the 

 top ones are back shaded with darker, and there are faint 

 cloudy patches of the same hue ; shoulders, head, and body, 



(8) Too diminutive to be of any practical use to the flyfisher. 



(9) Not mentioned by any other authority, but as stated above is a good killer 

 on small moorland streams. I prefer it myself dressed hacklewise, with feather from 

 a partridge and crimson silk, and in this form it is, I believe, held in high estimation 

 by fiy fishers on the river Eden during the early spring months. 



