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The grouse hackle is also wingless ; the mixture 

 for the body is dark olive, dusky yellow, and^ a 

 little gold-coloured mohair. It is formed of a fine 

 mottled grouse's feather of a reddish brown, be- 

 coming rather dusky towards the but-end of the 

 stem, and the downy portion, if any, plucked 

 away. 



The stone-fly is found along the edges of streams, 

 and is a favourite article of food among trout. It 

 is a species of Phryganea, and springs from a cad- 

 dis or aquatic larva. The wings lie flat, and are 

 supposed to be imitated by the mottled feather of 

 a hen-pheasant or pea-hen. The body is composed 

 of dark brown fur from a bear's skin, or the deeper 

 part of a hare's ear, mixed with yellow camlet or 

 mohair ; a longish grizzled hackle is wrapped under 

 the wings. 



The mealy brown m fern-fly is excellent for gray- 

 ling in May. Its wings should be formed from 

 the under part of a thrush's or fieldfare's wing, 

 especially from such feathers as have a yellowish 

 tinge. Its body is of a dusky orange, from the 

 light brown fur of a fox's breast, with a pale dun 

 hackle for legs. 



The orange fly has four wings made of the blue 

 feather of a mallard-teal. The head is of the dark 

 fur from a hare's ear; the body gold-coloured 

 mohair mixed with orange-camlet and brown fur, a 

 small blue cock's hackle for legs. This is said to 

 be an alluring fly to young salmon. 



The hards ear is chiefly used as a drop-fly; The 

 wings are from the light part of a starling's wing- 



