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(Dark ditto) same as the above, but the floss silk 

 for body, and the hackle for legs, should be a shade or 

 two darker, the latter approaching a claret. 



(Golden ditto). Body, gold-coloured silk, to be 

 ribbed the same as the red spinner ; legs, sandy hen's 

 hackle ; wings, fieldfare quill. 



(Jenny Spinner). This is, perhaps, the most deli- 

 cate fly to copy correctly of the whole species of 

 aerial and aquatic insects that become food for fish. 

 We find it kills best when dressed buzz or hackle- 

 wise. The body should be formed with floss silk of 

 two shades, the ground-work being white, with a 

 bright crimson band near the head and tail. It may 

 also be tied with crimson silk, so as to form a head of 

 that colour. The hackle may be a white hen's, or a 

 small white feather from the knob of a pigeon's wing. 



The first three shades of spinners are the trans- 

 formation of the Olive Dun Order. The last given is 

 the metamorphosis of the iron blue. 



For the large browns (ephemeral) the following are 

 given : 



FOR MARCH AND APRIL (March Brown). Body, 

 fur from the back of a hare's neck, spun on reddish 

 buff-coloured silk, ribbed with fine gold twist ; tails, 

 two strands of a feather from the back of a partridge ; 

 Legs, a partridge's neck feather. 



FOR MAY AND JUNE (Light shade, commonly 

 known as the Turkey brown). Body, light drab fur, 

 ribbed with gold twist ; wings, light partridge quill ; 

 legs, grisly dun. 



FOR AUGUST (Commonly termed August Dun). 



