Artificial Flies for taking Trout, Sfc. 173 



peewit or green plover ; body, two or three strands from 

 heron's quill-feather. Limerick hook, No. 0. June and 

 July. 



26. KNOTTED MIDGE. Head, magpie ; wings, from green 

 plover ; body, black fur from hare's scut. Limerick hook, 

 No. 0. June and July. 



27. YELLOW WATCHETT. Wings, from the cormorant; 

 body, dubbed with fur from the hare's lug, made and ribbed 

 with yellow silk. Limerick hook, No. 1 or 2. May. 



28. STONE DUN OR BLOA. Head, peacock ; wings, from 

 jack, snipe, or judcock ; legs, red cock's hackle ; body, 

 ribbed with yellow and brown silk. Limerick hook, No. 

 1 or 2. May and June. 



29. YELLOW DUN OB BLOA. No. 1. Wings, woodpecker ; 

 body, yellow wool. This is a dubbed-fly ; legs, picked out 

 of dubbing. Limerick hook, No. 1 or 2. June. 



30. ANT-FLY. Head, peacock's herl ; wings, from light 

 quill-feather of the starling; legs, a feather from the wren ; 

 body, peacock's herl, wrapped thickly at the tail, and dressed 

 with orange silk. Limerick hook, No. 1, 2, or 3. June and 

 July. 



31. DOTTEREL. Head, brown silk ; wings, from the dot- 

 terel; body, yellow and brown silk ribbed alternately; 

 legs, light red, or golden cock's hackle. Limerick hook, 

 No. 1, 2, or 3. April to August. 



32. GREEN-BODIED MOTH. Head, peacock's herl ; wings, 

 from the young cuckoo, or night -jar; body, green silk; 

 legs, red cock's hackle. Limerick hook. No. 2 or 3. June. 



33. DARK BLOA. No. 2. Wings, from the swift ; legs, 

 wren's feather ; body, copper-coloured silk. Limerick hook, 

 No. 1. All the season. 



34. DARK MIDGE. Head and body, black ostrich herl ; 

 wings, short, from the blackbird. Limerick hook, No. 0. 

 June and July. 



35. THE SKY-BLUE BLOA. Head, peacock's herl ; wings, 

 from blackcap's wing ; body, sky-blue floss silk ; legs, the 

 grey feather from a partridge's neck. Limerick hook, No. 0. 

 A good fly for the Wear. June and July. 



