i5 Fly-FiJhing. 



wing feather ; body, dark fur from a hare's ear tied with 

 brown filk, with a little green filk at the tail, to imitate 

 the bunch of eggs there ; legs, pale ginger hen's hackle. 

 Made buzz with a hackle from a partridge's neck on 

 the fame body. 



13. Yellow Dun. Hook, No. 10. Wings upright, 

 of a light flarling's wing feather, or fnipe's ; body, yel- 

 low filk, well waxed, to tone it down, or very light- 

 blue fur ribbed with yellow filk ; legs, very fine light- 

 blue hackle; tail, two ftrands from a light- blue cock's 

 hackle. Made buzz with a light-blue hackle on the 

 fame body. 



MAY. 



14. Many of the preceding flies. 



1 5 . Iron Blue. Hook, No. 1 1 . Wings upright, of a 

 tomtit's tail or wing feather, or hen blackbird's ; body, 

 mole's fur mixed with a little yellow flofs filk, or a paler 

 fur ribbed with purple filk ; legs, fmall yellowim dun 

 hackle ; tail, forked, two ftrands of a yellow dun hackle. 

 A difficult fly to imitate, but very murderous in a cold 

 ftormy day. 



1 6. Black Gnat. Hook, No. 1 1 . Wings to lie flat, 

 fhort and very full, of a ftarling's wing feather; body, 

 black oft rich herl, fhort and thick; legs, fine black hackle. 

 Buzz, a light dun hackle on the fame body. 



17. Downhill. Hook, No. 9. Wings to lie flat, of 

 a woodcock's wing feather; body, orange filk tied with 

 afh-coloured filk, the latter fhowing moft towards the tail 

 and under the wings ; legs, a furnace hackle. A good 

 fly in windy weather. 



