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% occasional showers ; their colours run from a 

 dark to a light sky-blue. 



" Mr. Bowlker," in his " Art of Angling," an 

 authority which I like, as he was himself a 

 fisherman, speaks thus of one of these beautiful 

 flies : "It comes on about the end of May, 

 and continues till the middle of July. It is a 

 neat, curious, and beautiful fly; its wings are 

 transparent, stand upright on its back, and are 

 of a fine blue colour, its body is of a pale 

 yellow, its tail forked, and the colour of its 

 wings. It is a fly that the fishes take extremely 

 well from seven o'clock in the evening till 

 sun-set. The wings are made from the light 

 blue feather of a hen ; the body is made with 

 pale yellow mohair, mixed with light bhie fur, 

 and ribbed with a fine cock's hackle, dyed 

 yellow, the hook. No. 8." This is taken from 

 " Bowlker's" original work. 



No. 26. The Little Peacock Fly. — The 

 body is made of bright brown peacock's harl, 

 with a tip of gold at the tail, or gold colour 

 floss silk ; a red hackle for legs, and a starling 

 wing. This little fly comes on about the 

 L middle of July, and continues till the end of 



m August. It may be used to advantage on fine |! 



