326 BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



THE YELLOW SALLY FLY 



Comes on about the twentieth of May, and 

 continues on till about the tenth or twelfth of 

 June. It is a four-winded fly ; as it swims down 

 the water its wings lie flat on its back. The 

 wings are made with a yellow cock's hackle, and 

 the body of marten's fur, taken from the spots 

 under the jaws, which is a fine yellow. It is one 

 of those tiies that prepares the fish lo look for 

 the Muy-fly, or Green-drake. The book, No. 7* 



THE OAK, ASH, WOODCOCK, CXNNON, CR DOWNHILL FLY, 



Cornes on about the sixteenth of May, and 

 continues on till about a week in June ; it is to 

 be found on the buts of trees, with its head al- 

 ways downwards, which gives it the name of the 

 Downhill fly. It is bred in oak-apples, and is 

 the best of all flies for bobbing at the busb in the 

 natural way, and # good fly for the dab-line, 

 when made artificially. The wings are made 

 from a feather out of the wing of a partridge or 

 \yoodcockj the body with a bittern's feather, and 

 the head with a little of the brown part of hare's 

 fur. The hook, No. 7. 



N. B. Some dub it with black wool and I^a- 

 bel la-coloured mohair, and bright brownish 

 bear's hair, warped on with yellow silk, but the 

 head of an ash colour ; others dub it with an 

 orange-tawney and black ground, and others 

 with blackish wool and gold twist ; the wings oif 

 the brown part of a mallard's feather. 



