Trout Flies. 1 3^9 



The Yellow Fly, or Dun Cut. White and Brown 

 Moth. Willow and Cow-dung, chiefly for grayling. 

 The Grannam, or Green Tail. 



Blue Dun, the July Yellow Dun. Brown Fly 

 (March Brown), and the Red Spinner. 



The other flies he mentions will be referred to 

 under the Grayling Fishing. 



Rennie, in his " Alphabet of Angling," gives two 

 flies for February: a Palmer, and the Prime 

 Dun. 



Three for March : March Brown or Dun Drake, 

 Cow-dung, Blue Dun. 



Three for April : Stone fly, Hawthorn, and 

 Grannam. 



Six for May : The Dun Cut, Green Drake, 

 Oak fly, Alder fly, Spider fly, Yellow Day fly. 



Four for June : The Red Spinner, Barn fly, Owl 

 fly, Flesh fly, Peacock. 



July : a variety ; Ant flies, Spider, etc. 



August : Hazel and Fern fly. 



September : Ant fly. 



Palmer Hackle, in his " Hints on Angling," 1846, 

 also gives a very small list, but it is an excellent 

 one. He describes four hackles for foreign waters, 

 and then adds to these, for English waters, the 

 Chantry, March Brown, Blue Dun, Cock Tail, 

 Pale Yellow Dun, Orange Dun, Great Red Spinner, 

 Black Gnat, Red Ant, Sand fly, the Alder, Green 



