174 Artificial Flies for taking Trout, fyc. 



36. DARK BLOA AND COPPER. Wings, from blackbird or 

 swift's wing; legs, dark grizzle, or copper-coloured hackle; 

 body, copper-coloured silk. If made as a hackled-fly, it 

 should be dressed with a dark feather, taken from the out- 

 side of a snipe's wing, or one of a similar colour from any 

 other bird; but a snipe's feather is the best, and copper- 

 coloured silk. Limerick hook, No. or 1. Commonly called 

 the Dark Snipe ; it is a standard fly, (Plate vi. i.) All the 

 season. 



37. DARK BLOA AND PURPLE, OR DARK SNIPE AND 

 PURPLE. Dressed as No. 36, only using purple silk. All 

 the season. 



38. LIGHT BLOA. Wings, from the quill-feather of snipe 

 or blue fieldfare ; body, light yellow silk ; legs, pale red 

 grizzle hackle from the cock's neck. Made as a hackled- 

 fly, the small light-coloured feather from the dotterel, or 

 golden plover, and light yellow silk for body. Limerick 

 hook, No. 1 or 2. All the season. 



39. BLOA AND ORANGE. No. 1. The feather for this fly 

 should be nearly ash-colour. The most general feather for 

 the wing is taken from the quill-feather of the starling ; legs, 

 a red cock's hackle of the same colour ; -and body, orange- 

 coloured floss silk ; tail, two whisks from a squirrel's tail. 

 Limerick hook, No. 2, (Plate in. xxxix.) Midsummer. 



40. BLOA AND YELLOW. Wings, from the quill-feather of 

 a large snipe or starling ; legs, a yellow cock's hackle ; body, 

 yellow silk. If used as a hackled-fly, the inside feather 

 found near the shoulder of the starling's or snipe's wing, 

 and body, yellow silk. Limerick hook, No. 0, 1, or 2. If 

 a tail is added, take two strands from a squirrel's tail, (Plate 

 in. xi.) All the season. 



41. BLOA AND ORANGE. No. 2. Dressed with the palest 

 bloa feather from the jay's wing; golden hackle for legs, 

 and orange silk for the body. All the season. 



42. WOODCOCK AND ORANGE. Wings, from the quill- 

 feather of the woodcock's wing ; legs, a red cock's hackle ; 

 body, orange floss silk, or plain waxed orange silk ; tail, 

 two strands of the same feather ; head, gold tinsel, if the 



