102 ON ARTIFICIAL FLIES. 



The hackle in this fly is carried down as far as 

 the mole fur dubbing. 



59. COCH-Y-BONDDHU. 



Hackle. Coch-y-bonddhu. 

 Body. Of two or three strands copper- 

 coloured peacock herl twisted together. 

 Hook. 2, i, o or oo. 

 For a change, rib the body with flat gold. 



60. HACKLE RED ANT. 

 Hackle. Honey dun. 



But. Copper-coloured peacock herl. 

 Body. Orange ty ing-silk. 

 Hook, o or oo. 



61. GRANNOM LARVA. 



Wing. A very small piece of the point of 



a brown partridge hackle. 

 Hackle. Rusty dun. 



Body. Formed by working over the shank 

 of the hook a foundation of pea-green 

 floss silk, and ribbing it with a strand of 

 peacock quill dyed in No. V. 

 Hook, i . 



For many years the trout at Hough ton have 

 fed ravenously on the larva of the grannom, but 

 neglected the fully developed fly, and, after many 

 unsuccessful attempts, this pattern was at last pro- 

 duced by copying the grannom larva taken from 

 the stomach of a fish in 1884. 



