DESCRIPTION TROUT-FLY PATTERNS 



ORANGE DUN (two patterns): 



Wings, light brown; Body, orange; 

 Legs, brown palmer hackle. 



Or with 

 Wings, blue-gray; and Legs of red hackle. 



WHIRLING DUN (diversified) : 



Wings, light brown; Body, blue-gray ribbed with yellow 



silk or mixed ginger and yellow; 

 Legs and Tail, ginger hackle; 



With 



Wings, drab; Body, green-gray; Legs and Tail, red hackle; 

 this pattern called Dark Whirling Dun. 



With 



Wings and Body, light gray; Legs, red hackle; 

 Tail, brown hackle; this called Light Whirling Dun. 



YELLOW DUN (diversified) : 



Wings, blue-gray; Body, yellow or blue and yellow mixed 



and ribbed with yellow silk; 

 Legs, yellow hackle; Tail, barred black and white or none. 



YELLOW MAY DUN: 



Wings, pale yellow-green mottled; 



Body, gray ribbed with yellow silk; Legs, yellow hackle. 



YELLOW MAY (MAY-FLY diversified): 



(May-flies are made in both winged and hackled pat- 

 terns, this latter with hackle very long. One of the most 

 popular English patterns has the body made of straw and 

 the hackle of summer-duck wood-duck. The best winged 

 patterns have wings of stained mallard feather. Mr. 

 Dewar prefers the smaller- and the darker-winged pattern 

 to the larger- and lighter-winged. See also Green Drake 

 patterns listed.) 

 Wings, yellow; Body, Legs, and Tail, brown. 



Or 

 Wings, described as pale yellow mottled with brown, or 



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