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194. THE GREEN DRAKE, called tin; Mvv I-'I.Y in tin: 

 south of England. Wings, tlio mottled biva>t-feather of a 

 mallard or tamo drake, dyed yellow ; l>odv, yellow floss- 

 silk, or crewel, ribbed with brown or black silk ; head, pea- 

 cock's herl; legs, same feather as wings, but a small on.-, 

 or a pale red hackle; tail, two strands of bear's hair, or 

 two strands of same feather as wings. This, and the fol- 

 lowing, to be made on a long-shanked No. 4, 5, or 6, Lime- 

 rick hook, and the body taper, or turned off the shank as in 

 Plate ii. cxiv., and the spinner (PL in. Ixxii.), which is 

 done in this way : Procure a piece of gut, bristle, or hair 

 about an inch long ; take one end between your finger and 

 thumb, and pass your silk two or three times over to the 

 end that projects, where tie in your two or three whisks; 

 next fasten on your floss-silk by a loop-knot of your dress- 

 ing silk, which is to be brown and waxed, leaving it hanging 

 until you have wound on your floss-silk, of the desired length, 

 towards your finger and thumb with your tweezers ; and 

 then rib it regularly with your dressing - silk which was 

 left near the whisks. This part of the body is now ready 

 to be tied on to the shank of the hook, as seen in the 

 plate, by the part you hold between your finger and thumb, 

 carrying the body up and finishing under the shoulders, 

 (Plate ii. cxciv.) May. 



195. THE GREY DRAKE. Wings, the breast-feather of 

 a mallard; body, greyish-white or pale yellow floss-silk, 

 ribbed with reddish brown or black ; legs, a pale red haclile ; 

 whisks, same feather as the wings ; head, black peacock's 

 herl, (Plate n. cxciv.) May. 



196. THE OAK-FLY, DOWNLOOKER, OR CANON-FLY. Wings, 

 from a yellowish-brown hen ; body, under wings, hare's lug ; 

 in the middle, orange and yellow ; and towards the tail, a 

 brownish dun, ribbed with brown silk ; legs, a red hackle, 

 thin. Wings to be shorter than the body, and made to lie 

 flat. Found on oak, ash, willow or thorn trees near the 

 water, and its head always pointing downwards. An ex- 

 cellent fly. Limerick hook, No. 3 or 4. This and the two 

 former are fished with as natural flies, (Plate n. cxcvi.) 

 April, May, and June. (Vide pp. 101, 10-2, and 103.) 



