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No. 5. The sooty dun hackle, has no 

 wings ; the body, a little lead-coloured mo- 

 hair, ash-coloured silk, with a sooty dun 

 cock's hackle, all the length of the body : ijt 

 is made by fastening the stem of the hackle 

 at top, and proceed as with the gold hackle ; 

 make the body very thin all the way down 

 to the tail, and the hackle suited to the size 

 of your hook : what remains^ to be done has 

 been before explained ; the hook No. 7. It 

 is a good fly in the hot months, in large 

 rivers and rapid streams : this fly may be 

 fished with either as the end-fly or dropper. 



MAY. 



In the month of May, all the same hackles 

 and flies may be used as in March and April, 

 the hackles lighter, and the flies rather 

 smaller. I shall add a few of the very best 

 flies for this month, especially the dun-cut, 

 green-drake, grey-drake, and stone-fly. 



No. 1. The dun-cut. The dubbing of 



