ANGLER'S FLIES AND HOW TO TIE 



FERGUSON (diversified): 



Wings, mottled brown and black (turkey) with mid-strip 



of yellow outside; 



Body, yellow ribbed with silver tinsel, and black herl head; 

 Legs, light green hackle, sometimes tied palmer; 

 Tail, scarlet and yellow, with peacock sometimes. 



LORD BALTIMORE: 



Wings, black with jungle-cock shoulders; 



Body, orange ribbed with black silk; Legs and Tail, black. 



GOVERNOR ALFORD (diversified) : 



Wings, drab (front or uppermost of each wing) with cin- 

 namon under- wing; 



Body (corpulent or moth), green herl; 

 Legs, brown hackle with black root; Tail, scarlet. 



Or 



Wings, front half black, posterior half brown; 

 Body, green herl; Legs, brown hackle; Tail, scarlet. 



COLONEL FULLER: 



Wings, yellow with scarlet shoulders; 



Body, yellow ribbed with silver tinsel, and black herl head; 



Legs, yellow hackle; Tail, black. 



BABCOCK: 



Wings, yellow with outer black mid-strip; 



Body, scarlet ribbed with yellow silk, and black herl head; 



Legs, black hackle; Tail, black and yellow fibers. 



BUTCHER (three patterns) : 



Body, scarlet ribbed with yellow; 



Legs, yellow-green mottled; 



Tail, scarlet hackle. This called Light Butcher May -fly. 



With 



Body, scarlet ribbed with red-brown; Legs, gray mottled; 

 Tail, brown hackle; this pattern called Dark Butcher May. 



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