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hackle., of good length, wrapped under the wings. 

 Some persons, in imitating this fly, add two hairs 

 from the beard of a black cat, or from the tail of 

 the fulmart or polecat, as representations of the 

 horns ; but, as before observed, attention to such 

 minutiae is unnecessary. 



Another very general mode of dressing this fly, 

 is by means of a long-fibred grizzled hackle from 

 a cock's back, without wings. It is also a deadly 

 bait, used in the natural state, by dibbing under 

 bushes, and must, in common with all large flies, 

 be invariably used at the point. 



No. 7- The Mealy Brown or Fern Fly appears 

 in May, and is an excellent fly for grayling. It 

 has four wings, which are made from the under 

 part of a throstle or fieldfare's wing : those fea- 

 thers should be selected which have the yellowest 

 tinge. The common hen is sometimes to be met 

 with of this shade, in which case her feathers 

 may be used. The body is of dusky orange, 

 which the light brown fur from a fox's breast 

 will furnish ; and a pale dun hackle for legs. 



