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water is clear and low, and the fly made smaller. Limerick 

 hook, No. 2. All the season. 



43. WOODCOCK AND YELLOW. Dressed as above, only 

 substituting yellow silk, and the lightest-coloured feather. 

 All the season. 



44. THE BLUE BLOA. Wings, from the quill-feather of 

 the hen blackbird; legs, a blue cock's hackle; body, fur 

 from the mole ; or without a hackle, the dubbing being picked 

 out for legs. Limerick hook, No. 2. April and May. 



45. THE LITTLE BLUE BLOA. No. 1. Dressed from the 

 same material as the above, some light and some dark. 

 Head, gold tinsel ; tail, two strands from a squirrel's tail. 

 Wings nicely divided and set upright. Limerick hook, No. 

 0. Midsummer. 



46. THE PURE RED DUN. Wings, from the quill-feather 

 of the daker-hen or corn-crake; legs, a blood red cock's 

 hackle ; body, deep orange silk, either floss or waxed ; head, 

 for clear waters, gold tinsel, and the body ribbed with the 

 same. Limerick hook, No. 1 or 2 ; or for low waters, No. 0. 

 April and May. 



47. THE LIGHT DUN. The same as above, only of lighter 

 colour, and using yellow instead of orange silk. Either this 

 or the former fly may be made hackled, using the small 

 feather from the outside of the corn-crake's wing for the 

 former ; and for this, the inside feather of the daker-hen's 

 wing. Spring and Autumn. 



48. THE GOLDEN PLOVER. Wings, from the golden mot- 

 tled feather of the plover ; body, golden-coloured silk ; legs, 

 a golden-coloured cock's hackle ; head, gold tinsel. Lime- 

 rick hook, No. 2. April, May, and June. 



49. THE PLOVER AND YELLOW. Materials as above, only 

 substituting yellow silk for orange. This and the former 

 fly may be both hackled, using for the wing or hackle the 

 small golden mottled feather from the outside of the plover's 

 wing. April, May, and June. 



50. THE MOOR-POUT AND ORANGE. Wings, from the small 

 bloa feather, found in the inside of a moor-pout's wing ; 

 legs, a pale red grizzle cock's hackle ; body, orange floss 



