122 DUN-FLIES FOR MAY. 



kill in May, and the duns of the latter month 

 will kill in the former, provided the weather be 

 fine and the water low. 



Iron-blue dun. Body, mole's fur; wings, tom- 

 tit's wing-feather ; legs, a small light dun hackle ; 

 tail, a couple of small fibres of the same feather. 

 Hook, No. 10, 11, and 12. This fly must be 

 dressed with the neatest care, finishing off at the 

 head with a twist or two of reddish brown floss 

 silk. Mr. Ronalds says, " It is one of the smallest 

 flies worth the angler's notice, but not the least 

 useful. The male has a brownish red crown or 

 cap on his head. The female is also crowned, 

 but her cap is too small to be easily seen. It is 

 in season from the latter end of April until the 

 middle of June, and is on the water chiefly on cold 

 days." You see that this is a hardy little gentle- 

 man, and you will find by experience that he is a 

 killer of fish in clear water when the wind blows 

 roughly and coolly along its surface. 



The jenny spinner. This is a pretty metamor- 

 phosis of the last fly ; but it eschews cold days, 

 and delights in summer-tide ones. It shows 

 through clear, rather shallow water best, and 

 most attractively to trout : and they seem to 

 relish it most as a dessert in post-prandial hours. 

 It is costumed in this fashion : body, white floss 

 silk, with a whip of brown floss silk at the head 

 and tail ; wings and legs, a very small and very 



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