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ed on a No. 6 or 7 hook, and winged with the red rump 

 feather of a pheasant, when it is found excellent as a lake fly. 



Green Drake. Body, yellow floss silk, ribbed with brown 

 silk, the extreme head and tail coppery peacock's herl ; 

 legs, a red or ginger hackle; wings, the mottled wing of tho 

 mallard, stained olive ; tail or whisk, three hairs from a rab- 

 bit's whiskers. Hook No. 6. The natural fly appears in 

 May and June, in such vast numbers that the trout become 

 glutted with them, and grow fat upon their good living. 

 Sometimes preferred dressed on a No. 4 or 5 hook. 



Grey Drake. Body, white floss silk, ribbed with dark 

 brown or mulberry colored silk; head, and top of the tail, 

 peacock's herl ; legs, a grizzle cock's hackle ; wings, a mal- 

 lard's mottled feather, made to stand upright; tail, three 

 whiskers of a rabbit. 



The Black Palmer. This is a standard fly, and its merits 

 are too well known to need a description. It is a valuable 

 drop-fly in dark, rainy, or windy weather, and in full water. 

 Body, ostrich's herl, ribbed with silver twist, and a black 

 cock's hackle over all. 



The Soldier Palmer. This fly, and its varieties, may be 

 considered the most general fly on the list, and many An- 

 glers never fit up a fly-book without having a red hackle of 

 some kind for a drop-fly. The one given as a specimen may 

 be used with success for large trout, and a strong water ; but 

 for a bright stream a smaller hook must be adopted, and the 

 fly must be more spare of hackle ; and, should the water be 

 very clear, the gold twist had better be omitted, and a spare 

 hackle be tied with red twist ; another variety, is the using 

 a black hackle for the head of the fly, body red mohair, or 

 squirrel's fur, ribbed with gold twist, and red cock's hackle 

 over all. 



The Governor. Body, coppery colored peacock's herl, 

 ribbed with gold twist, tipped with scarlet twist ; legs, red 



