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feather from a cock-pheasant's breast; legs, red hackle; 

 body, pure orange floss silk ; head and tip of tail varied by 

 gold tinsel. This is an excellent fly nearly the whole 

 season, varying it in size, and using it with or without the 

 tinsel. Limerick hook, No. 3. 



8. DARK BLOA. No. 1. Wings, blackbird ; legs, dusky 

 black cock's hackle; body, black fur and claret camlet. 

 Limerick hook, No. .1 or 2, (Plate v. viii.) Nearly all the 

 season. 



9. SMALL STONE -FLY. Wings, the quill-feather of a 

 redwing, or thrush ; body, dark claret-coloured silk ; legs, 

 dark red, or black hackle. The wings of this fly are to be 

 made to lie flat to the body. If made as a hackled or 

 twirled-fly, use the outside feather from the wing of a snipe, 

 and claret-coloured silk. This fly is a good one through 

 the year, only make the body brighter as the season ad- 

 vances to summer, and then darker to the end of it. April. 



10. THE PALE GREEN. Wings, very light starling, stint, 

 or dotterel ; legs, ash -coloured cock's hackle ; body, pale 

 green silk. May, June, and July. 



11. THE SPRING BLOA. Head, peacock's herl ; wings, light 

 woodcock; body, copper-coloured silk; legs, chocolate or 

 dark red cock's hackle. March and April. 



12. THE LIGHT SPRING BLOA. Head, magpie ; wings, 

 woodcock; body, yellow silk; legs, red cock's hackle. 

 March and April. 



13. PARTRIDGE TAIL. Head, peacock's herl ; wings, mot- 

 tled grey feather from partridge's tail ; body, orange silk ; 

 legs, red cock's hackle ; or, the body may be dubbed with 

 fur from the fox's ear, ribbed with orange silk, and two 

 strands of squirrel's tail for forks. February and March. 



14. DARK GROUSE. Head, peacock's herl ; wings, dark 

 mottled grouse feather ; body, orange silk. Limerick hook, 

 No. 1 or 2. All the season. 



15. LIGHT GROUSE. As above, only using the light mot- 

 tled feather of the grouse for the wings. Limerick hook, 

 No. 1 or 2. All the season. 



16. SNIPE BLOA. Head, magpie; wings, snipe; body, 



