PRACTICAL FLY FISHING 



backs of half-grown chickens. Pigeon or 

 Cuckoo feathers do not wet well. 



The Dun flies, especially the Orange, and the 

 Blue, and middle Duns, are great favourites on 

 limestone waters, particularly the clear streams 

 of the Peak of Derbyshire, where coarse tackle 

 and slovenly imitations will not do. 



THE GROUSE. 



This is a beetle, and is excellent from the 

 middle of May to the middle of July in all 

 waters. Hook i, 2, 3 ; hackle, a dark mottled 

 feather from the back of the cock moorgame ; 

 silk, orange \ body, Peacock's herl of a copper 

 colour. 1 



THE IRON BLUE. 



This is one of the ephemerae, appears in May 

 and June on cold days, and generally in great 

 numbers. It is a very small fly, and is usually 

 made with wings from the Tomtit's tail or 

 Jackdaw's ruff. The Merlin's wing makes it 

 best. Hook o ; silk, dark lead colour ; body, 

 a little Mole's fur. It is called the Iron Blue, 

 I believe, from the resemblance of the colour 

 of its wings to that of tempered steel. 



THE GREEN WOODCOCK. 



A decided evening fly, and best from the 

 middle of May to the middle of July. It 



1 [Note by A. and A. R. Severn. A green or yellow 

 body takes very well from the middle of May until the 

 end of June.] 



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