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rusty dark bluish feather from the heron's back, wound on as 

 though it were herl. Tied in on each side, at the tail, are two 

 fine shreds of buff-coloured silk ; these are brought up the 

 sides and tied in when the body is finished off, to represent the 

 whitish streaks along the sides of the natural fly. Legs, black 

 cock's hackle ; wings, the dark part of a starling's wing 

 these should be dressed as flatly as may be convenient. 



The house flies are more abundant, and kill better on the 

 water towards the end of the season, however, as they are then 

 getting weak and blind. 



Hammond's Adopted. A fly of the foetid brown kind, but 

 with lightish spots or markings on the wings, is often to be seen 

 sporting like the foetid brown, and even with it on many rivers ; 

 it is the brown skipjack of some localities. I do not find it 

 noticed much in any tackle book, unless it be the light pied 

 dun of Theakstone. I should not dress it precisely as he does, 

 however, preferring dark hare's ear and mole's fur for the 

 body, a grizzled blue dun hackle for legs, and hen pheasant's 

 wing for the wings ; hook No. 8. I believe this is the same fly 

 as is used at Winchester, and on the Itchin, under the name 

 of Hammond's Adopted, after Mr. Hammond, the tackle maker 

 there, who does considerable execution with it ; and I have 

 found his dressing capital for the evening, both on the Itchin 

 and elsewhere. He employs a medium brown crewel body, a 

 rusty brown red hackle, dressed from tail to head, and a hen 

 pheasant's or woodcock's wing feather for the wing. It answers 

 also for the tribe of small brown moths which come out at 

 night. 



The Wr entail, Brown Bent, Froghopper, Jumper, etc. (see 

 Plate VIII, Fig. 22, p. 134). This little insect, of which there 

 are two or three varieties, may be seen in the fine sunny 

 weather sunning itself on the long spires of grass ; when 

 disturbed it hops away, making a prodigious leap for so small 

 a creature ; as it is abundant on the river side, its wings 

 constantly leave it on the surface of the water, where the fish 

 eagerly snap it up. It is not an easy fly to imitate ; the best 

 way is to dress it buzz on a No. 12 or 13 hook. On a body of 

 yellow silk whirl a tomtit's or a wren's tail feather, or for a 

 change a golden plover hackle. If it does not kill very well, 

 the time when the angler is obliged to use it may have some- 

 thing to do with the reason, as it is chiefly a warm weather fly, 

 and is little seen save in sunshine. 



With the warm evenings the moths come into play, and 



