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25. GREEN DRAKE. Appears late in May or early in June. 

 This short-lived insect is not to be found on every stream : I have 

 never seen it on the Wandle. Imitation. Body, yellow flos silk, 

 ' ribbed with brown silk ; the extreme head and tail, coppery pea- 

 cock's herl; legs, a red or ginger hackle; wings, the mottled 

 wing of a mallard, stained olive ; tail or whisk, three hairs from a 

 rabbit's whiskers. Hook, No. 6. 



J26. GREY DRAKE. Imitation. Body, white flos silk, ribbed 

 with dark brown or mulberry-coloured silk head and top of the 

 tail, a peacock's herl; legs, a grizzle cock's hackle wings, from a 

 mallard's mottled feather, made to stand upright; tail, three 

 whiskers of a rabbit. 



27. THE BLACK PALMER is a standard fly, and its merits are 

 too well known to need description. It is a valuable drop-fly in 

 dark, rainy, or windy weather, and in full water. Imitation. 

 Ostrich's herl, ribbed with silver twist, and a black cock's hackle 

 over all. 



28. THE SOLDIER PALMER. This fly (and its varieties) may be 

 considered the most general fly on the list, and many anglers 

 never fit up a fly-link without having a red hackle, of some kind, 

 for a drop-fly. Imitation. Body, red mohair, or squirrel's fur, 

 ribbed with gold twist, and red cock's hackle over all. 



29. THE GOVERNOR is used on the Hampshire rivers. Imi- 

 tation. Body, coppery-coloured peacock's herl, ribbed with gold 

 twist, tipped with scarlet twist ; legs, red or ginger hackle ; wings, 

 the light part of a pheasant's wing. Hook, No. 9. 



^30. FOR LOCH AWE. Imitation. Body, orange mohair; legs, 



f'nger hackle: wings, from the feather of the pheasant's tail, 

 ook, No. 8. 



31. SECOND FLY FOR LOCH AWE. Imitation. Body, copper- 

 coloured peacock's herl; legs, black hackle; wings, the feather 

 from a water-hen's wing. Hook, No. 7. 



32. EOR THE RIVER DEE. This, and the following will be 

 found to be killing flies in the River Dee. Imitation. Body, 

 dull yellow mohair ; wings, hackle from the neck of a pale dun 

 hen. Hook, No. 9. 



33. ANOTHER FLY FOR THE RIVER DEE. Imitation. Body, 

 peacock's herl ; legs and wings, a dark dun hen's hackle, dressed 

 rather full. Hook, No. 9. 



34. A FLY FOR LLYN OGWYN. This fly, and those recom- 

 mended for Loch Awe, will ensure sport on this most sporting 

 lake. Imitation. Body, peacock's herl ; legs, black hackle ; 

 wings, the dark copper-coloured feather of the mallard. Hook, 

 No. 8. 



35. CocH-A-BoNDDU is a well-known favourite throughout the 

 United Kingdom, though not always under the same name. Imita- 

 tion. Body, peacock's herl ; legs and wings, red and black, or coch- 

 a-bonddu hackle. Hook, No. 8 or 9; and in the north of England, 

 for clear streams, it is sometimes dressed on a No. 12 hook. 



