136 ANGLING. 



Body, black hackle, or ostrich harl, lied with black silk \ 

 wings, the feather from a starling's wing. Hook, No. 13, 

 (fig. 42.) 



22. Red ant. This is the small red ant, and there is 

 another of the same size, called the black ant, and two 

 others named the large black and red ants. Body, pea- 

 cock's harl, made full at the tail and spare towards the 

 head ; legs, red or ginger cock's hackle ; wings, from the 

 light feather of the starling's wing, (fig. 10.) 



23. The bracken-cloth is a kind of beetle. If made 

 upon a large hook, it will be found an excellent fly for the 

 lakes in Scotland. Body, peacock's harl, made full at the 

 tail and spare towards the head ; legs, red or ginger cock's 

 hackle ; wings, from the light feather of the starling's wing. 



24. Brown palmer-liackle. Body, brown floss silk, or 

 brown fur, or mohair of a deep amber, or a rich brown 

 ostrich harl, ribbed alternately with gold and silver twist ; 

 legs, a red cock's hackle. Hook, Nos. 4, 5, or 6. 



25. Red palmer-hackle. Body, dark-red coloured mohair, 

 with a little richly-tinted red fur intermixed, to be ribbed 

 with gold or silver twist ; legs, a blood-red cock's hackle. 

 Hooks, Nos. 6 or 7, (fig. 3.) 



26. Golden palmer-hackle. Body, green and gold pea- 

 cock's harl, ribbed with gold twist ; a bright-red cock's 

 hackle, worked with a rich green silk. Hook, Nos. 5, 6 

 7, or 9, (fig. 4.) 



27. Peacock, palmer-Jiackle. Body, a rich full fibre of 

 peacock harl, ribbed with wide silver platting. Make a 

 head to this palmer with a bit of scarlet mohair. Legs, a 

 dark grizzled hackle, dressed with red silk. Hook, Nos. 

 5 or 6. This hackle, dressed very large, will kill Thames 



.trout and chub. 



