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fish at one cast. We should have caught many 

 more, had it not been for an accident that oc- 

 curred to our tackle ; for, before we could repair 

 the damage caused by it, the rising time of the 

 fish was over. From the middle of March to the 

 middle of April it is decidedly the best and most 

 killing fly that can be fished with in the trout 

 streams of the midland counties. We recommend 

 the angler to fish with two flies of this sort on his 

 casting-line at the same time, one ribbed with 

 gold twist, and the other without. The best time 

 for fishing with this fly is between the hours of 

 eleven and three o'clock, especially if the water is 

 curled by a smart breeze." 



Dress this famous fly as follows : - Body, 

 orange-coloured silk, or deep straw-colour, on 

 which wind for dubbing the fox-coloured fur 

 taken from a hare's poll ; legs, a honey-dun 

 hackle ; wings, to stand erect, of the top of the 

 light or inner fibres of the feather of the hen 

 pheasant's wing; tail, two fibres of the same 

 feather. Rib with gold twist for your tail-fly, 

 and let your dropper be without any twist. When 

 the natural fly is out well upon the water, and 

 fish are voraciously taking it, angle with three 

 flies on your foot-line, varying them slightly in size 

 and colour. 



Mr. Blame's method of dressing this fly : 

 Wings, mottled feather from the tail of a par- 



