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FLIES FOR APRIL. 



No. 7. The Soldier Fly. — The body is 

 made of scarlet-colored mohair, ribbed with 

 fine gold twist, and two black-red cock hackles 

 run up over the body from the tail, (it is made 

 also with orange floss silk body, ribbed with 

 black silk), a small furnace hackle round the 

 throat and a darkish starling wing. The dark 

 red furnace hackle has a dark mark round the 

 edges. 



It may also be made to advantage witli 

 peacock harl and black-red hackles over it, and 

 tipped with gold. The latter way makes it the 

 " cochybonddu " of Wales. It kills best on 

 windy days in general, with the cow-dung fly, 

 and partridge hackle. 



No. 8. The Cuckoo Hackle. — The body is 

 made of peacock's harl, and two dark dun 

 hackles, with darkish bars across them, rolled 

 up to the throat ; give it a tag of yellow green 

 silk, at the end of the tail, silver. 



The Granam fly may be made thus : — The 

 wings are made of hen pheasant wing feather, ^ 



