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brown fur ; legs, a small, slaty-blue cock's hackle. Made 

 on a Limerick hook, No. 6, it is a good fly for salmon 

 smoults ; and when dressed on a No. 1 or hook, good for 

 salmon fry, (Plate iv. xciii.) May. 



93. THE COWDUNG-FLY. Wings, from a land-rail, or 

 corn-crake ; legs, a ginger- coloured cock's hackle ; body, 

 yellow camlet, or mohair mixed with a little brown bear's 

 fur, giving it a dusky lemon tinge. Limerick hook, No. 2. 

 Wings dressed flat on the back, and the body full. Though 

 this is not an aquatic insect, it is a great favourite with 

 trout, and may be used the whole season, (Plate iv. xciv.) 



94. THE YELLOW DUN, OR BLOA, No. 2. Wings, from the 

 under part of the snipe's wing, to be made upright ; body, 

 martin's fur, or yellow worsted mixed with pale ash- 

 coloured fur; legs, a pale slate-coloured cock's hackle. 

 Limerick hook, No. 1 or 2, (Plate in. cv.) April and May, 

 and again in September. 



95. THE YEASTY DUN, OR BLOA. Wings, upright, made 

 of a hen's feather the colour of yeast ; body, the dark blue 

 fur of the mole ; legs, a pale ginger hackle. It may be 

 dressed as a hackled-fly, using the same colours. A good fly 

 for chub, in the evening. Limerick hook, No. 2, (Plate 

 xcvi.) June. 



96. THE HARRY-LONG-LEGS. Wings, the dark mottled 

 feather of a partridge, (some employ a woodcock's feather ;) 

 body, brown bear's fur, mixed with the dark fur of the 

 mole's skin, (some rib the body with brown or yellow silk ;) 

 legs, a brown cock's hackle, fibres of a good length but not 

 thick : wings upright, and body long and taper. An excel- 

 lent killer on a cloudy day when there is a good breeze. It 

 is a great favourite on the Weald, in the high part of the 

 Tees, and will take trout there all the summer through 

 when they are on the feed. Limerick hook, No. 3, (Plate 

 in. xcvii.) Midsummer. 



97. THE LITTLE IRON BLUE. Wings upright, from a 

 feather in the cormorant's wing ; in which however there are 

 only about a dozen ; the torn-tit's tail is a good substitute, 

 being very nearly of the same shade ; body, pale blue fur 



