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and are to be made upright ; with a pale dun 

 hackle for legs. 



No. 13. The Cream-coloured Fly is an excel- 

 lent bait for grayling, and may be used from May 

 until the end of August. The wings stand up- 

 right, and are to be made of a hen's feather 

 which approaches to the colour of yeast ; body, 

 dark blue fur ; and a pale ginger hackle for legs ; 

 or it may be dressed with a cream-coloured hen's 

 hackle over a blue body. 



No. 14. The Harry Long-legs is a summer fly ; 

 and although its merits have been underrated by 

 many anglers, it is an excellent killer on a cloudy 

 day, when there is a good breeze. The body is 

 dressed of brown bear's fur, mixed with the dark 

 dun from a mole's skin ; the dark mottled feather 

 of a partridge for wings ; and a brown cock's 

 hackle, of good length, for legs ; wings upright, 

 and body taper. 



No. 15. The Little Iron-blue Fly. These flies 

 are rarely to be seen in mild weather j but during 

 the month of May they frequent the water in 



