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The hook No. 7 or 8. This fly is to be fished 

 with from ten o'clock in the morning till three 

 in the afternoon. 



Blue Dun. 2. 



This Fly is found on most rivers ; it appears 

 in the beginning of March and continues till the 

 end of April. Its wings stand upright on its 

 back, and are made of a feather out of a star- 

 ling's wing, or the blue feathers that are found 

 under the wing of a duck widgeon ; the body is 

 of the blue fur of a fox, or the blue part of a 

 squirrel's fur, mixed with a little yellow mohair, 

 and a fine blue cock's hackle wrapt over the 

 body in imitation of legs ; its tail is forked and 

 of the same colour as the wings ; the hook No. 

 9. This fly may be fished with from ten in the 

 morning till three in the afternoon, but the prin- 

 cipal time is from twelve till two. It is most 

 plentiful, and the fish take them best, in dark, 

 cold weather. 



March Brown. 3. 



About the middle of March this fly makes its 

 appearance, and continues on the water till the 

 end of April. Its wings stand upright and are 

 made of the feather from a pheasant's wing ; the 

 tail is forked and of a similar colour ; the body of 

 light hare's and squirrel's fur mixed, ribbed with 



