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brown red cock's hackle at the shoulder for 

 legs, and winged with the woodcock wing 

 feather. No. 8 hook. This fly may be seen 

 on fine sultry days whirling up and down over 

 the water, and occasionally dipping on the sur- 

 face ; the trout take them very freely. This 

 fly will be found on the water till the end of 

 September, with the paler dun, yellow dun, 

 blue dun, and willow fly. The greyling also 

 like these little flies. 



The Winged Larva. — The body is made of 

 brown mohair; the larva is attached to this 

 body at the shoulder, and tailed with two fibres 

 of golden pheasant neck feather, a woodcock 

 hackle round the shoulder, and winged with hen 

 pheasant tail, mixed with a little woodcock or 

 partridge tail feather, and a bronze peacock 

 head. No. 8 hook. It will be found a good 

 fly on dark windy days in this month and the 

 next, and during the prevalence of winds from 

 the east ; it will do best where a strong rapid 

 stream runs into a deep pool. 



A Substitute for the Winged Larva : — The 

 body is made of bright golden yellow mohair, 

 which looks very transparent; a woodcock 

 wing, and a hackle off the same bird, with 



