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the body is to be ribbed with silver twist upon the 

 black ostrich herl, and a black hackle wrapped the 

 whole length of the body. 



No. 31. THE AUGUST DUN. 



This fly comes from a water nympha, lives two 

 or three days, and changes to a red spinner. This 

 fly is for August what the March brown is for 

 March. 



Imitation. 



Body. Brown floss silk, ribbed with yellow silk 

 thread. 



Tail. Two hairs from a fitch's tail. 



Wings. Feather of a brown hen's wing. 



Legs. Plain brown hackle. 



Made buzz with a grouse feather, in place of 

 wings and legs 



No. 32. THE ORANGE FLY. 



This is an Ichneumon Fly. It is furnished with an 

 ovipositor, for the purpose of piercing the skins of 

 caterpillars, in which it deposits its eggs, the grub 

 from which grows in, and ultimately kills, the insect 

 in which it was hatched. 



Imitation. 



Body. Orange floss silk tied on with black. 

 Thick and square at the tail. 



Wings. Darkest part of a robin's wing. 

 Legs. A very dark furnace hackle. 



