28 DESCRIPTION OF FLIES. 



warped twice under the wings ; wings, feather from the 

 wren's tail hook No. 6. 



OCTOBER. 



1 WILLOW CRICKET. || 2 WILLOW FLY. 



HACKLED FLIES. 



1. Dubbing, fur from the back of a hare's neck, twisted 

 sparingly round pale orange silk ; wings, feather from 

 the breast of an old moor cock of a ruddy colour hook 

 No. 1. 



2. Dabbing, blue squirrel fur twisted sparingly round 

 pale yellow silk ; wings, feather from the neck of a dark 

 dun hen hook No. 1. These, together with the flies of 

 the last month, concludes the season of fly-fishing, more 

 particularly the black nat, the russet fly, the little pale 

 blue, and the willow cricket. With these flies I durst be 

 bound to take any day a dish of fish, through this month, 

 if the weather is favourable. 



I have here given you a list of forty-seven as good 

 flies as ever were thrown on the water ; and if used as I 

 shall hereafter direct, will kill trout, greyling, etc., any 

 day during the season, except it be freezing, or those white 

 rocky clouds be rolling about in the air. 



There are a few other flies I will describe, which I 

 have omitted in the foregoing list. 



THE HAWTHORN FLY. 

 This fly comes on about the beginning of April if the 



