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days, with the blue dun, and cinnamon brown. 

 I have seen this latter fly on the river " Mole," 

 in August, of a fine brown colour, and plump 

 in the body, about the size of the Great 

 Whirling Dun. The body was red brown, the 

 legs an amber brown, the wings were a mottled 

 light brown, and the tail of the same colour as 

 the wings. I have seen the above fly some time 

 after on the "Bann," in the north of Ireland, 

 a river six times the size of the Mole, not half 

 the size, in August. This circumstance of the 

 difference in size, must be the nature of the 

 soil through which the rivers flow ; the " Bann " 

 is a gravelly bed, full of large stones, with a 

 very full strong running stream ; the "Mole" not 

 so. It is my opinion that in the summer 

 months there is more sport to be had with flies 

 as small as can be made, than with the general 

 run, except late in the evening, then use a large 

 fly — a brown, or white moth, where a large fish 

 shows himself. 



No. 27. — The Blue Blow. — The body is 

 made of mole's fur mixed with yellow mohair, 

 run very taper from the tail up ; the wings are 

 made of a tom-tit's tail feather, or water hen ; 

 the tail is two hairs of a mouse's whisker, or 



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