PRACTICAL FLY FISHING 



light-blue silk ; wing, from the brown part of 

 the quill of a Thrush ; legs, a dark sooty-dun 

 hen's hackle. I was soon upon my legs again. 

 I got about twenty fish out of that dub, and 

 raised and hooked many more. It was quite 

 still when I left it, and as the fly-feed appeared 

 to be nearly over for that day, I walked away 

 with my friend to Coldstream. 



THE BIG DUN 



appears about the end of May, or beginning 

 of June ; it is rather a large ephemera, and the 

 fish are fond of it. Hook 2, 3, wing or hackle, 

 Sea-swallow or Sea-gull ; body, yellow camlet 

 and pale blue Rabbit's fur mixed ; silk, prim- 

 rose colour. 



THE BRACKEN CLOCK 



is a beetle, bred in light sandy ground, with 

 a south or west aspect. It is very common in 

 Cumberland and Westmoreland, where it is 

 generally called 'The Clock.' It is first seen 

 about the middle of May, and generally lasts 

 about a month. Hook 2, 3 ; wing from a 

 Landrail's wing ; hackle from a red cock ; silk, 

 red; body, Peacock's herl. When this fly is 

 numerous, there is no good fly-fishing for a 

 month after it is fully out. The fish glut them- 

 selves with it, and it soon makes them soft and 

 out of condition. 



