142 GRAYLING FISHING. 



with yellow silk ; wings, starling's wing-feather ; 

 legs, dun hackle ; tail, two fibres of the same. 

 Hook, No. 12. 



The grey housewife (BLACKER). Body, light 

 brown mohair, mixed with hare's ear fur ; wings 

 hen pheasant's wing-feather; legs, partridge's 

 neck-feather ; tail, two fibres of the mallard's 

 mottled feather. Hook, No. 12. 



Willow-fly. Body, mole's fur spun upon yel- 

 low silk; wings and legs, a dark dun cock's 

 hackle, strongly tinged a copper colour. Hook, 

 No. 10. 



Little pale Hue dun. Body, very pale blue 

 fur mixed with a very little yellow mohair; wings, 

 feather from the sea swallow ; legs, the palest 

 blue hackle to be had. Hook, No. 10 and 11. 



After the month of September no angler should 

 fish for trout until spring returns again. In Octo- 

 ber, and during the finest hours of very fine winter 

 days, grayling are to be caught with the artificial 

 fly, and the best are unquestionably duns, and 

 small spider-flies. That fish being during the 

 above season in fine condition will be caught with 

 the gentle, and by sinking and drawing with the 

 artificial grasshopper. It will also rise well in 

 October at the red palmer and house-fly. 



I have now concluded a full list of flies, and 

 every one in it will kill at the proper season in 

 every river in the empire. I have always made 



