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under the but of the wing : as it swims down the 

 water, its wings stand upright upon its back, its 

 tail is forked and the colour of its wings: it 

 comes upon the water about eleven o'clock, and 

 continues on till two, appearing on the water in 

 shoals, or great quantities ; in dark gloomy days, 

 at the approach of the least gleam of sun, it is 

 amazing to see, in a moment's time, the surface 

 of the water almost covered with ten thousand 

 of these pretty little flying insects, and the fishes 

 rising and sporting at them, insomuch that you 

 would think the whole river was alive ; it is a 

 pleasing sight to the angler, and affords him 

 great diversion. In rhis manner they appear on 

 I he water every successive day, till the end of 

 their duration. The blue dun and the brown 

 are both on at the same time ; the blues are most 

 plentiful in cold and dark days, and the browns 

 in warm and gloomy days; though I have often 

 seen blues, browns, and granams on at the same 

 time, when they have refused the other two sorts, 

 and have taken the browns only. There cannot be 

 too much said in commendation of this fly , both for 

 its duration and the sport it affords the angler. 

 The size of the hook it is made on is No. 6. 



THE GJtANAM, OR GREEN-TAIL, 



Comes on about the beginning of April, if the 

 weather is warm, being a. very tender fly, and 

 cannot endure the cold. When they first appear 

 on the water, they do so in great quantities, ill 

 bright mornings : you may begin to fish with 

 them from six o'clock in the morning till eleven ; 

 then you will find the browns come on, which 

 you must use, as the fish will not touch the gra- 



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