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with pearls of a peacock's tail; the wings are 

 made of buzzard's feathers. An excellent fly for 

 the middle of June. 



Wasp Fly. Body of black wool, wrapt about 

 with yellow silk; the wings are made of the feathers 

 of a buzzard or drake. This may be used in July. 



Dark Drake Fly. Body of black wool, wrapt 

 about with black silk; the wings are made of the 

 feathers of a male drake with a black head. Pro- 

 per fly for August. 



May Fly. Body of greenish or willow-coloured 

 cruel, darkened in most places with waxed silk, or 

 ribbed with black hair, or a silver thread; the 

 wings may be made of grey feathers. This fly 

 may be used at any time. 



Oak Fly. The body made of orange-peel and 

 black cruel; the wings, the brown feathers of a 

 mallard. This also may be used at any time. 



FLIES PROPER FOR EACH MONTH. ; 



February. Palmer flies, little red brown, the 

 silver hackle, the plain hackle, the gold hackle, 

 the great blue dun, the great dun, the dark brown. 



March. The early bright brown, the little 

 whirling dun, the thorn-tree fly, the whitish dun, 

 the little black gnat, the blue dun, the little bright 

 brown. 



April. The little dark brown, the small bright 

 brown, the violet fly, the great whirling dun, the 

 horse-flesh fly, the yellow dun. 



May. The green drake, the dun cow, the black 

 May fly, the stone fly, the little yellow May fly, 

 the camlet fly, the grey drake, the yellow palmer, 

 the turkey fly, the black flat fly, the little dun, the 



