FLIES FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH. 99 



The preceding fly is sometimes called " the 

 hare's ear and yellow," and is a first-rate general 

 fly throughout the year, and throughout the em- 

 pire on coldish, cloudy, windy days. 



The red spinner. Body, brown silk, ribbed 

 with fine gold twist; tail, two fibres of a red 

 cock's hackle ; wings of some transparent light 

 brown feather ; legs, red cock's hackle. 



The alder-fly. Body, any dark claret-co- 

 loured fur, as that which a brindled cow yields, 

 and that of a copperish hue, from a dark brindled 

 pig or a brown-red spaniel's ears ; upper wings, 

 red fibres of the landrail's wing, or red tail-feather 

 of the partridge ; lower wings of the starling's 

 wing-feather; legs, dark red hackle; horns and 

 tail of fibres the colour of the legs, the horns or 

 antenna, to be shorter than the body of the fly, 

 but the tail a little longer. This is an excellent 

 general fly. Mr. Elaine erroneously calls it the 

 coch-y -bonddu of Wales. 



The furnace-fly. Body, orange-coloured silk; 

 wings, a fieldfare's feather ; legs, a cock's furnace- 

 hackle. A good general fly. The feather called 

 the furnace-hackle is rather a rare one. Its out- 

 side fibres are a beautiful dark red ; that portion 

 of them next to the stem being black. It is got 

 from a cock's neck. 



Early small black fly. Body thin and long, 

 of black ostrich harl, to be dressed with iron-blue 



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