22 DESCRIPTION OF FLIES. 



from the partridge's wing, dark red hackle under wings 

 book No. 1. 



4. Dubbing and silk as in the hackle fly; wings, feather 

 from the partridge's wing, and a grizelled hackle under the 

 wings hook No. I. 



MAY 



1 TAILEY-TAIL, 



2 COCKING DUN. 



3 SKYFLY. 



5 BROWN SHINER. 

 (> SHORN FLY. 



7 SAND NAT. 



4 LITTLE IRON BLUE. 



HACKLED FLIES. 



1 . Body whipt with ruby-coloured silk, or something 

 the colour of parboiled meat ; the wings are made from the 

 feathers of the back of a longwing hook No. 0. This fly 

 continues till the end of August. 



2. Dubbing, martin's yellow fur under the wings, 

 warped with pale primrose silk ; wings, feather from the 

 back of a young pale-blue pigeon, or a feather from a sea 

 swallow hook No. 1. 



3. Whipt with a pale sky-blue silk; wings, feather 

 from the back of a hen blackbird hook No. 0. This fly 

 kills well to the middle of June. 



4. Dubbing, water-rat fur warped with violet co- 

 loured silk ; wings, feather from the but of the wing or 

 tail of a tomtit ; this fly must be made very fine. It is 

 a good killer to the end of June, in cold dull days. If 

 winged, one lap of a dirty yellow hackle under the wings. 



5. Body warped with orange silk, and a strand of 



