132 ANGLING. 



with brown silk, and the wings taken from a reddish-dun 

 covered feather of the wing of a mallard. Legs, a hackle 

 stained of a claret colour. Hook, Nos. 9 and 10. 



2. The blue dun. This fly remains on the angler's list 

 until October. The body of water-rat's fur ribbed with 

 yellow silk, a dun hen's hackle for the legs. The wings, a 

 feather from a starling's wing, with a double strangled or 

 grizzled cock's hackle for tail. Hook, No. 10, (fig. 13.) 



3. Hqfland's fancy. This is an evening fly, useful for 

 dace. Dark brown silk body, red hackle legs, with tail 

 formed of two strands of the same; wings, woodcock's tail. 

 Hook, No. 10. 



4. Furnace fly. This useful fly derives its name from 

 the furnace hackle, which is not often met with. The out- 

 side fibres are a beautiful dark red, while that portion of 

 them next the stem is black. They are obtained from the 

 neck of a cock. This fly is made with an orange-coloured 

 silk body, with a fieldfare's feather for wings, and a fur- 

 nace hackle for the legs. 



5. The March brown. This is a showy fly, and bears 

 many names, as the dun-drake, cob-fly, brown-caughlan, 

 and turkey-fly, (fig. 12.) It is a nearly universal favour- 

 ite. It may be thus made of three sizes, on Nos. 8, 9, or 

 10 hooks. Body, deep straw-coloured silk wound over 

 with reddish-brown fox hair. The wings should stand 

 erect, made of the light fibres of a hen pheasant's wing ; a 

 honey dun hackle may be used for the legs, and two fibres 

 of the wing may be used for the tail. When more than one 

 fly is used at the same time, the tail-fly should be ribbed 

 with gold twist, and the colour may be slightly varied. 



6. A March brown, as it is called, is also made with 

 water-rat's fur, ribbed with yellow silk, partridge hackle 



