26 LIST OF FLIES. 



brown ; body, stone color, which, with the shoulders are 

 hairy, and reflect in the sun tints of various colors blue, 

 green, etc. Thighs and feet dark brown ; legs, a dim ale 

 transparency set with small black hairs. This is a descrip- 

 tion of a fine one taken in a wood by the Ure side ; they 

 vary in their sizes and colors. They are bred on land, and 

 are out in great numbers every day from morning till 

 night throughout the season, and are well taken by the fish 

 whenever they come upon the waters. 



Hackled with a blackbird's feather for wings and legs ; 

 body, brimstone colored silk, with a small portion of fine 

 black hair or fur, worked in. 



2 IST. BLUE BOTTLE H (or flesh fly). Full length, half 

 an inch or better ; length, three-eighths ; wings, three- 

 eighths, which are clear and glassy, of a darkish blue tinge, 

 a point of light stone or bees' wax color at the setting on 

 of the wings ; head, shoulders, and body, a rich dark glossy 

 blue, with rich reflections, and shifting shades of light blue, 

 etc., which are thinly set with dark blue or black hairs. 

 Eyes, brown ; nose, cheeks, and chin, a light bees' wax hue, 

 with deep reflections; legs and breast, blue black, and 

 hairy. During the season they are found of various shades, 

 some, top of shoulders and the back, checkered with squares 

 of dim stone, mingled with blue and bright, with moving 

 shades and rich reflections. They are land flies, breeding 

 daily throughout the season, and are out from morning till 

 night. They are not much used artificially; their larvse, 

 the maggot, is a well known natural bait. 



They may be imitated with threads of light and dark 

 blue shining silk or Alpaca wool, wound on the arming, for 



(14) The best imitation of this fly that ever I saw was sent to me some years 

 ago by the late Mr. James Ogden, of Cheltenham : the body was formed of some kind 

 of blue tinfoil, warped with black harl and purple silk, this, combined with wings 

 from a jay's feather, made up an exact imitation of the fly, and I caught some 

 good dishes of grayling with it both on the Yore and Wharfe. 



