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partridge's back or bright hen pheasant's quill (? wing) or 

 grey goose breast ; body, light brown silk, or hare's face 

 certainly not, it is a smooth-bodied fly) ribbed with pale yellow 

 silk ; grizzled hackle ; tail, three strands of the same. Mr. 

 Ronalds adds that, to dress it buzz, a grouse hackle should be 

 wound on the body. The red spinner, which it changes to, 

 is very like that of the blue dun. 



The Cinnamon (see Plate VIII, Fig. 16, p. 134). This well- 

 known fly is one more of the Phryganidae, and by no means 

 the worst of them. It is something like the sedge fly and 

 strongly resembles the sand fly ; it is, however, a size larger, 

 and rather more ruddy. Body of dark straw-coloured silk ; 

 legs, a light or dirty brown hen's hackle with a darkish centre 

 wing, any reddish cinnamon-coloured feather, or yellowish 

 hen landrail or owl, says Jackson ; the yellow-brown hen's 

 wing, says Ronalds. It is a capital fly, particularly for the 

 evening. There is another very large fly of this species which 

 seldom comes out till almost dark, when it may be found 

 running rapidly about on bridges and such places. It should 

 be dressed like the sand fly on a No. 6 hook. For lake-fishing 

 it will be found excellent. The wings should be large and full, 

 the tips of two partridge tail feathers or any whole small 

 feather of the same colour being used. The late blue and 

 yellow duns with their spinners, mentioned m the last month, 

 are still found in abundance, and will form the principal 

 attractions for the fish. 



The Cow-dung Fly (p. 146) dressed small also kills well. 



The Needle Brown (p. 147) is now very plentiful, and on 

 many rivers is a first-rate favourite. 



Very diminutive and pale yellow and blue duns, almost 

 impossible to imitate from their smallness and delicacy, are 

 greatly favoured by the fish. 



The Large Yellow Dun (p. 152) may also be found in small 

 numbers. 



The angler will have to rely upon many of the flies previously 

 noted for August. The only new ones that are indispensable 

 are the August dun, the cinnamon, and, where it is found, the 

 needle-brown. 



SEPTEMBER. There are not many new flies this month, 

 though there are a great abundance and variety at times on 

 the water. 



The Whirling Dun is a very noted fly, and I have found 

 it kill well in the evening. As the way in wh;ch I have seen 



