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THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



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dubbing of dark brown, and violet camlet, mixed, and a 

 gray wing : which, though the direction for the making be 

 near the other, is yet another fly ; and will take when the 

 other will not, especially in a bright day, and a clear water. 

 7. About the twentieth of this month comes in a fly 

 called the Horse-flesh fly ; the diibbing of which is a blue 

 mohair, with pink-coloured and red tammy mixed, a light 

 coloured wing, and a dark-brown head. This fly is taken 

 best in an evening, and kills from two hours before sunset 

 till twilight ; and is taken the month through. 1 



1 To this April list may be added most of the flies given in March. 

 Another well known April fly, which appears only when the weather is warm, 

 and is then freely taken by trout, is the granam or green-tail (Phryganea), 



Granam. 



Artificial fly. Natural fly. 



the body dubbed with fur from a hare's face or ear, whipped with grey or 

 green silk ; the wings from the wing of a partridge or hen-pheasant, and the 

 hackle from a grey cock. Hooks 7 and 8. RENNIE. 



The Dove Holes and Shepherds' Abbey. 



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