THE DRIFFIELD ANGLER, 151 



APRIL, 



The same hackles and flies that are used 

 in March, are taken in April also, with this 

 difference only, that all the browns be lapped 

 with copper-coloured silk, and the duns with 

 yellow silk. I shall add to these the flies 

 peculiar to this month. 



No. 1. The small bright brown, made 

 of a spaniel's fur, from the point of the ear, 

 which is much weather-beaten, with a yellow 

 cast, and copper-coloured silk, and a light 

 starling's wing ; to be used in clear water : 

 the hook No. 9. 



No. 2. The great whirling dun, taken 

 from about the tenth of this month to the 

 first week in May, from eleven until two 

 o'clock ; and, at times, from thence to tlra 

 first of July, in most rivers; and is com- 

 monly made of the down of a fox's cub, 

 which is of an ash-colour at the roots, lap- 



