300 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



AUGUST. 



The same flies with July. 



1. Then another ANT-FLY, the dubbing of the black brown 

 hair of a cow, some red wrapt in for the tug of his tail, and a 

 dark wing ; a killing fly. 



2. Next a fly called the FERN-FLY, the dubbing of the fur 

 of a hare's neck, that is, of the colour of fern, or bracken, with 

 a darkish grey wing of a mallard's feather; a killer, too. 



3. Besides these we have a WHITE HACKLE, the body of 

 white mohair, and wrapped about with a white hackle-feather, 

 and this is assuredly taken for thistle-down. 



4. We have also this month a HARRY-LONG-LEGS, the body 

 made of bear's dun, and blue wool mixt, and a brown hackle- 

 feather over all. 



Lastly, In this month all the same BROWNS and DUNS are 

 taken that were taken in May. 



[Small brown and black palmers will kill well this month. The two 

 following are standard patterns for August : 



No. 1. Wings, fibres of a brown hen's wing-feather; body, brown floss 

 silk, ribbed with bright yellow tying silk ; legs, brown hackle ; tail, two 

 hairs of a black rabbit's whiskers. Hook, 10. 



No. 2. Body, cinnamon-brown mohair; wings, reddish feather of 

 woodcock's wing ; legs, cinnamon hackle. Hook, as before. ED.] 



SEPTEMBER. 



This month the same flies are taken that are taken in 

 April. 



1. To which I shall only add a CAMEL-BROWN-FLY, the 

 dubbing pulled out of the lime of a wall, whipped about with 

 red silk, and a darkish grey mallard's feather for the wing. 



2. And one other for which we have no name ; but it is 

 made of the black hair of a badger's skin, mixed with the 

 yellow softest down of a sanded hog. 



OCTOBER. 



The same flies are taken this month as were taken in 

 March. 



NOVEMBER. 



The same flies that were taken in February are taken this 

 month also. 



[For October and November, I would recommend small duns, and some 



