188 Artificial Flies for taking Trout, Sfc. 



wings, which lie flat on the back ; it precedes the green and 

 grey drakes, and the may-fly, (Plate iv. cxvii.) May. 



118. THE GOLDEN WREN. This is a hackled-fly. Take 

 a feather from the wren's tail for wings ; body, sable fur 

 and a little mohair of a gold colour. Limerick hook, No. 0. 

 A good fly as dropper. Or it may be dressed with brown 

 silk for the body, and two turns of gold tinsel at the tail. 

 It is a good fly for the summer months. May and June. 



119. THE GROUSE HACKLE. To represent wings, take a 

 fine mottled grouse's feather of a reddish-brown, running a 

 little dusky towards the butt-end of the stem ; body, dark 

 olive, dusky yellow and a little gold-coloured mohair. Lime- 

 rick hook, No. 1 or 2. The body should be nicely tapered 

 to the tail. Used either at the point or as a dropper. April 

 and May. 



120. THE SMOKY DUN HACKLE. To represent wings, use 

 a smoky dun cock's hackle round the shoulders; body, a 

 little lead-coloured mohair, tapered to the silk, or use the 

 silk only. Used as either stretcher or dropper. Limerick 

 hook, No. 1 or 2. April. 



121. THE GOLDEN PARTRIDGE. Wings, from the speckled 

 feather of the partridge's tail ; legs, a dark chestnut cock's 

 hackle ; body, sable fur and gold-coloured mohair, darkest 

 at the shoulders, and tapering nicely to the tail, ribbed with 

 thin gold tinsel ; two forks from the hairs of a squirrel's 

 tail. To be dressed with copper or orange-coloured silk. 

 Limerick hook, No. 1, 2, or 3, according to the season. 

 This the writer considers one of the best flies that can be 

 used on the Wear ; as he has taken trout with it when no 

 other would answer. The outside feather of the woodcock's 

 wing which is of a mottled red, or one from a corn-crake, 

 may be used for wings. The best for a stretcher, but may 

 be used as a dropper. All the season. 



122. THE HARE'S-EAR. Wings, from a light-coloured 

 starling's quill-feather; body, fur from the hare's ear, 

 darkest at the shoulder, and may be made either with or 

 without a red cock's hackle for legs. Used as a drop-fly. 

 Limerick hook, No. 2. Where the streams are deep, the 

 same body, winged with a feather from the land-rail's wing 



