286 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



hog's hair mixed, which I call the palm-fly, and do believe it is 

 taken for a palm, that drops off the willows into the water ; for 

 this fly I have seen Trouts take little pieces of moss, as they 

 have swum down the river ; by which I conclude that the best 

 way to hit the right colour is to compare your dubbing with the 

 moss, and mix the colours as near as you can. 



7. There is also taken, this month, a black blue dun ; the 

 dubbing of the fur of a black rabbit mixed with a little yellow ; 

 the wings, of the feather of a blue pigeon's wing. 



AUGUST. 



The same flies with July. 



1 . Then another ant-fly ; the dubbing of the black brown 

 hair of a cow, some red warped in for the tag of his tail, and a 

 dark wing. A killing fly. 



2. Next, a fly called the fern-fly ;* the dubbing of the fur of 

 a hare's neck, that is of the colour of fern, or bracken, with a 

 darkish gray wing of a mallard's feather. A killer too. 



3. Besides these we have a white hackle ; the body of white 

 mohair, and warped about with a white hackle -feather ; and 

 this is assuredly taken for thistle-down. 



4. We have also, this month, a Harry -long-legs ; f the body 

 made of bear's dun and blue wool mixed, and a brown hackle 

 feather over all. 



Lastly, in this month, all the same browns and duns are taken 

 that were taken in May. 



SEPTEMBER. 



This month the same flies are taken that aie taken in April. 



1. To which I shall only add a camel-brown fly, the dubbing 

 pulled out of the lime of a wall, whipped about with red silk ; 

 and a darkish gray mallard's feather for the wing. 



2. And one other for which we have no name ; but it is 

 made of the back hair of a badger's skin, mixed with the yellow 

 softest down of a sanded hog. 



The same flies are taken this month that were taken in March. 



* This is not properly a fly, but a beetle, called the fern, or garden 

 chafer, (Mefalonthahortitcola.) J. R. 



t Harry-long-legs. Made of lightish bear's hair, and a dunnish hackle ; 

 add a few hairs of light blue mohair, and a little fox-cub down ; warp 

 with light gray or pale blue silk ; the head large. Taken chiefly in a 

 cloudy windy day. I hare formerly, in the rivers near London, had great 

 success, fishing with a long line, and the head of this insect only. H. 



Called the Jenny-spinner in Scotland j the Pedicia rivosa of systematic 

 authors. J. R. 



