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feather, and the body of dark hare-ear. According 

 to^ Daniel, when the streams are deep, the same 

 body winged with a rail's wing feather and a red 

 hackle is very killing during the summer season. 



The yellow dun is used in the morning and 

 evening during the months of April and May, and 

 again in September. The body is made of yellow 

 yarn unravelled, or with marten's fur, and mixed 

 with a little pale ash-coloured fox-cub fur; the 

 wings are formed upright, from the under part of a 

 snipe's wing, with a pale dun hackle for legs. 



The hawthorn fly is in use from the middle of 

 April to the end of May, from ten o'clock till three. 

 It has transparent wings, which may be imitated 

 with the palest feather of a snipe or mallard's 

 wing ; horn shavings, or the membranous sub- 

 stance found in the core of an apple, serve the same 

 purpose ; the body is of black ostrich harl, with a 

 black hackle for legs. 



The summer dun has a thicker form than most of 

 the dun flies, and is dressed upon a short-shanked 

 hook. Mole-fur ribbed with ash-coloured silk is 

 employed for the body ; the wings are from the 

 wood-pigeon, with an ash-coloured hackle for legs. 



The black-hackle fly is an approved lure during 

 warm weather, early in a summer morning. The 

 body is formed of a thin-dressed ostrich harl, cut 

 close; the wings, four in number, are from the 

 pale feather of the starling's wing. 



The red spinner is used as a dropper. The wings 

 are formed of the greyish feather of a drake, tinged 

 with reddish yellow ; the body a red hackle, with 



