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Known by a great variety of names, and always useful. 

 Either of the forms here given will kill well on cold windy 

 days, particularly about midday in March and April. 



Flies on Plate 6. 



No. 27. YELLOW-LEGGED BLOA (Yellotv Dun). Hook i. 



WINGS. From a young Starling's quill feather. 



BODY. Yellow silk, waxed well, so as to make it nearly 



olive. 



LEGS. Ginger hackle from a Cochin China hen's neck. 

 TAIL. Two strands of the above. 



A first-rate killer, indispensable during its season. 



No. 28. YELLOW PARTRIDGE (Grey Gnat). Hook i. 

 WINGS. Hackled with a light feather from the back of a 



Partridge. 

 BODY. Yellow silk. 



A good killer almost any time during April. 



No. 29. SNIPE BLOA. Hook i. 

 WlNGS. Hackled with a feather from the inside of a Jack 



Snipe's wing. 

 BODY. Straw-coloured silk. 



No. 30. SNIPE BLOA. Hook O. 

 WINGS Hackled with feather from under Snipe's wing. 

 BODY. Yellow silk, with a spare dubbing of Mole's fur, but 



not sufficient to hide the yellow body. 

 Two dressings of the same fly, and practically identical. 

 It is a splendid killer, and many anglers fish it more or less all 

 the year round. It is Theakston's Bloa brown, and is pro- 

 bably to be identified with the Light Bloa of Jackson. It 

 is fished universally in Yorkshire and Lancashire, and it will 

 account for its share of fish at any time, and particularly on 

 cold, wild days, all through the season. 



