APPENDIX. 



No. II. 

 [Referred to from Part II. p. 275, note."] 



FEBRUARY. Peacock Hackle. Peacock's her! alone, or interchanged 

 with ostrich her! ; warping, red silk ; red cock's hackle over all. It 

 may be varied by a blark cock's hickle and silver twist. Taken 

 chiefly from nine to eleven in the morning, and from one to three in 

 the afternoon. 



This, and the several other hackles which we have here and here- 

 after described, being most tempting baits, should always be first tried 

 when the angler comes to a strange river ; and not changed till he 

 has found out, and is certain, what particular fly is upon the water. 



MARCH. Green Peacock Hackle. Greenish herl of a peacock ; 

 warping, green silk ; a black hackle over all. Taken from eight to 

 eleven in the morning. 



Ash -coloured Dun. Dub with the roots of a fox-cub's tail ; warp 

 with pale yellow silk. Wing, of the pule part of a starling's feather. 

 Taken from eight to eleven, and from one to three. 



This fly, which is also called the Violet Dun, and Blue Dun, is to 

 be found on almost every river : some particulars of it have been 

 mentioned in the note, p irt ii. p. 275 ; but here follow some observa- 

 tions on it, which deserve to be attended to. It varies much in its 

 colour, according to the season of the year : in March and September 

 it is called, and that very properly, the violet dun, for it has often that 

 hue ; and therefore, in the passage above referred to, we have directed 

 the mixing blue-violet crewel with the fox-cub down. In April it 

 assumes a pale ash co'our ; and in May is of a beautiful lemon colour, 

 both body and wings. In June and July it is blue-black; and from 

 July it insensibly varies, till it becomes of its primitive colour, violet 

 dun, which it never fjils to do by September. 



APRIL. Pearl colour, or Heron Dun. Dub "with the yellowish, 

 or ash-coloured herl of a heron ; warp with ash-coloured silk. Wing, 

 from the short feather of a heron, or from a coot's wing of an ash- 

 colour. Morning and afternoon. 



Blue Dun. Dub with the fur of a water-rat ; warp with ash-colour. 

 Wing, of a coot's feather. Morning and evening. 



MAY. Silver Twut Hackle. Dub with the herl of an ostrich 

 feather ; warp with dark green, silver twist, and black cock's hackle 

 over all. Taken from nine to eleven, especially in a showery day 



Sooty Dun. Dub with black spaniel's fur, or the herl of an ostrich ; 

 warp with green. Wing, the daik part of a laud-rail or coot. Taken 

 best in a showery day, as also in April or June. 



'Light Flaming or Spring Brown. Dub with light brown of a 

 calf; warp with orange colour. Wing, of a pale gray mallard's feather. 

 Taken chiefly before .sunset in a warm evening : a good fly. 



Although much is said in the first part of the foregoing dialogues, 

 (p. Ill,) of the oak-jly, the author has given l>nt a very superficial 

 description of it, and his directions for making it are extremely 

 imperfect ; we would therefore recommend the making it after the 

 natural fiy, and that according to the folluu-i ng directions: 



