THE WILLOW FLY. 131 



TUB LITTLE WHIRLING BLUE 



Comes on about the tenth or twelfth of August, 

 and continues on ahout three weeks : as it swims 

 down the water, its wings stand upright on its 

 back ; it has a forked tail, the colour of its wings: 

 it is to be fished with from eleven o'clock in the 

 forenoon till three in the afternoon. The wings 

 are made from a feather out of the wings of a 

 starling; the body is made with a spaniel's fur, 

 jnixed with a litt!e yellow, and a fine red hackle 

 over the body. The hook, No. 8. 



THE LITTLE PALE BLUE 



Comes on about the same time as the Whirling 

 Blue, and continues on till about the latter end of 

 September: as it swims down the water, its wings 

 stand upright on its back; it has a forked tail, 

 and the colour of its wings : it is a neat, curious, 

 little fly, and what the graylings are very fond 

 of: it is to be fished with from about t^n o'clock 

 in the morning till three in the afternoon, and 

 generally affords the angler great diversion. The 

 wings are made from a feather of the sea swal- 

 low : the body is made of the lightest blue fur 

 you can get, mixed with a very little yellow mo- 

 hair, with a fine pale blue hackle wrapt over the 

 body. T;JC hook, No. 8. 



THE WILLOW FL 



Comes on about t:ie beginning o S^ptembr^r, 

 and continues on till the latter end of October: 

 it is a four-winged fly, and generally flutter* upon 



