PEACOCK-HACKLE, ETC. 119 



SEPTEMBER. 



THE PALMERS. 



1. The Peacock Hackle. I 3. The Late Badger. 



2. The Camel Brown. \ 4. The September's Dun. 



1. Dubbed with peacock's ruddy herl ; warped 

 with green silk, and a red cock's hackle over all. 



2. Dubbed with the hair pulled out of the lime 

 of an old wall; warped with red silk, and the 

 wings off the darkish grey feat her of a mallard. 



3. Dubbed with the fur off a black badger's 

 skin, mixed with the softest yellow down off a 

 sanded hog, and the wings off the feather of a 

 dark grey mallard. 



4. Dubbed with the down off a mouse ; warped 

 with sad ash-coloured silk ; and the wings off the 

 dark-coloured feather of a stare's. The hook, 

 !\o. 9. 



I have given the reader forty-seven of the best 

 flies used in fly-fishing, and what are generally 

 known ; with the best methods of dubbing them ; 

 and which, if he pays attention to, and makes his 

 exceptions with judgment, he may in time be- 

 come an excellent fly-fisher. 



