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Marlow Buzz, which is a fly of a similar descrip- 

 tion, but rounder in form and thicker in body, 

 somewhat resembling No. 4, in Plate IV. For 

 this fly the cop per- coloured feather of the pea- 

 cock's tail is used for the body ; and the inesti- 

 mable cock's hackle, which is of perfect red, 

 having a black stripe down the middle, wound 

 pretty full over the body. This and the Sand 

 Fly, before described, may be considered standard 

 flies. 



No. 36. The Pale Evening Dun approximates 

 to a yellow, and is taken extremely well late in 

 the evening of a calm summer's day. The body 

 is made of martin's yellow fur, with a little 

 mouse's fur mixed with it; the wings of the mal- 

 lard's feather, dyed of a very pale yellow, or with 

 a pale ginger cock's hackle. The same process 

 will answer for staining this colour as is recom- 

 mended for the green drake ; but it must not be 

 allowed to imbibe too deep a tinge. 



No. 37. The Blue Gnat is a small delicate fly, 

 and an excellent bait for grayling, in the months 



