ON ARTIFICIAL FLIES. 113 



SPENT GNATS OR BLACK DRAKES. 



A. Wings. Of four blue Andalusian cock 



hackles, set on flat, selecting those with 

 well-defined ginger points. 



Head. Bronze peacock herl. 



Hackles. The first a grey partridge hackle 

 and the second a good badger (Dorking) 

 cock hackle. 



Body. Detached, of white horsehair on 

 foundation of an undyed doubled bristle ; 

 three or four turns of bronze peacock 

 herl are worked on the bristle at the tail- 

 end, under the horsehair, to form the dark 

 ribs at the tail of the natural fly ; the body 

 is ribbed up at intervals with a single turn 

 of pale olive tying-silk. 



Whisk. Brown mallard. 



B. Wings. Four blue .Andalusian hackles as 



above. 



Head. Bronze peacock herl. 



Shoulder Hackle. Grey partridge. 



Ribbing Hackle. Badger cock. 



Body. White floss silk ribbed with an un- 

 stripped strand of peacock, which is cinna- 

 mon-coloured at root and dark at point, 

 the dark portion being worked at the tail- 

 end. 



Whisk. Brown mallard. 



