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appearance in the beginning of April, and it con- 

 tinues on the water about a fortnight ; it is a delicate 

 fly, and but seldom seen on cold days. It derives 

 the name of Green-Tail from a bunch of eggs, of a 

 green colour, which it deposits on the water while 

 floating on the surface. The wings lie flat on the 

 body, and are made of a shaded feather from the 

 wing of a partridge or hen pheasant ; the body of 

 the dark fur of a hare's ear, and a yellowish grizzled 

 cock's hackle for legs ; a small quantity of bright 

 green wax (or green harl from the eye of a peacock's 

 tail), about the size of a pin's head, may be applied 

 to the lower part of the body, after the fly is 

 completed, for the tail, and it has a very natural 

 appearance ; the hook JS"o. 9. This fly is to be 

 fished with from seven o'clock in the morning till 

 eleven, at which time the March Brown comes on, 

 and so long as the Brown continues, the fish will 

 not take the Granam ; from five in the evening till 

 dark it may again be used with success. 



SPIDER FLY. No. 7. 



This fly appears in the middle of April, and 

 continues about a fortnight ; and at this period the 

 gravel or sand, near the water side, in which these 

 insects are bred, is covered by incalculable numbers. 



