ON ARTIFICIAL FLIES. 83 



Body. Quill from young starling wing or 



pale condor, dyed slightly in No. VIII. 

 Hackle and Whisk. Very slightly dyed in 



No. II. 



Hook, oo or ooo. 



Nos. 4, 5, and 6 are considered by many 

 anglers a sufficient variety of the different shades 

 of olive dun throughout the year, and either of 

 them can, for a variety, be dressed with a flat 

 gold tag, or the bodies ribbed with fine gold wire. 

 On some rivers the darker shades of olive quill 

 are winged with pale coot, or snipe, in place of 

 starling. 



PALE OLIVE DUN. 



Wings. Pale starling. 



Body. Pale yellowish olive floss silk, ribbed 

 with fine white silk or, better still, white 

 hair, that from the Polar bear being the 

 very best. 



Hackle and Whisk. Dyed in No. II. 



Hook, o, oo or ooo. 



8. HARE'S EAR QUILL. 



Wings. Pale or medium starling. 

 Body. Peacock quill, dyed in No. VIII. 

 Legs. Hare fleck (from outside shoulder of 

 the hare). 



