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white dog's hair for legs, and is sometimes varied with a dark 

 colored or gold twist ; also, sometimes with wings and some- 

 times without. The Green Drake is also considered a good 

 fly in some streams. It is made with a yellow floss silk or 

 worsted body, wound with a red or ginger hackle for legs, 

 and dark yellow or light green parrot feather for wings. 



As there are no particular names given to the different 

 varieties of flies with us, the following list from Hofland, will 

 be of assistance to the American fly-fisher, in making up his 

 book of flies. 



The Chantrey. It takes its name from being a favorite 

 of Sir Francis Chantrey, the celebrated sculptor. Body, 

 copper-colored peacock's herl, ribbed with gold twist ; legs, 

 a black hackle ; wings, partridge or brown hen's feather, or 

 pheasant's tail. Hook No. 9 or 10. 



HoflancPs Fancy. Body, reddish, dark brown silk ; legs, 

 red hackle ; wings, woodcock's wing ; tail, two or three 

 strands of red hackle. Hook No. 10. 



March Brown, also called the Dun Drake. Body, fur of 

 the hare's ear, ribbed with olive silk ; legs, partridge hackle ; 

 wings, tail feather of the partridge; tail, two or three strands 

 of the partridge hackle Hook No. 8 or 9. 



Blue Dun. Body, dubbed with water-rat's fur, and rib- 

 bed with yellow silk ; legs, a dun hen's hackle ; wings from 

 the feather of the starling's wing ; tail, two strands of a griz- 

 zle cock's hackle. Hook No. 10. 



Carshalton. Body, black silk, ribbed with silver twist, 

 legs, a dark grizzle hackle ; wings, the dark feather of the 

 starling's wing, made spare and short. Hook No. 10. 



Carshalton Cocktail. A dun fly. Body, light blue fur ; 

 legs, dark dun hackle ; wings, the inside feather of a teal's 

 wing ; tail, two fibres of a white cock's hackle. Hook No. 9 

 or 10. 



