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be fished with from eleven o'clock in the fore- 

 noon, till six in the evening. 



Large Black Ant. 23. 



About the same time as the Red appears the 

 Large Black Ant Fly. The wings are made of 

 a very light sky-blue hackle ; the body of black 

 ostrich's herl, and a black cock's hackle wrapt 

 under the wings ; the hook No. 9. This fly re- 

 sembles the Red Ant in shape, and is to be used 

 at the same period. 



Welshman s Button. 24. 

 The Welshman's Button, or Hazel Fly, ap- 

 pears in the end of July, and remains about ten 

 days. The wings are made of a red feather 

 from the rump of a partridge, or pheasant ; the 

 body with peacock's and black ostrich's herl 

 mixed, and warped with a black cock's hackle ; 

 the hook No. 8. This insect is a small cater- 

 pillar, in form similar to a button, from whence 

 it derives its name ; it is equally valuable for 

 bobbing or dapping with, as for fly-fishing. 



Little Red Ant. 25. 



This fly appears about the twelfth of August, 

 and remains on the water till the end of Septem- 

 ber ; the wings are made of a starling's feather ; 

 the body of peacock's herl, with a ginger-col- 



