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THE TROUT. 



or ginger hackle ; wings, the light part of a pheasant's wing. 

 Hook No. 9. 



Coch-a-bonddu. This fly is a well known favorite 

 throughout the United Kingdom, though not always under the 

 same name. The cock that furnishes the peculiarly mixed 

 deep and red black feather, necessary to make this fly, is in 

 great estimation. Body, peacock's herl ; legs and wings, red 

 and black, or coch-a-bonddu hackle. Hook No. 8 or 9. For 

 clear streams it is dressed on a No. 12 hook. 



The Yellow Sally. Body, pale yellow fur, or mohair, 

 ribbed with fawn colored silk ; legs, a ginger hackle ; wings, 

 a white hackle, died yellow. Hook No. 9. 



Ginger Hackle. Body, shoi't and spare, of yellow silk ; 

 legs and wings, a ginger hackle. Hook No. 8. 



Grouse Hackle. Body, varied to the water and season, 

 such as peacock's herl, orange silk, &c. ; legs and wings, a 

 grouse hackle. Hook from No. 8 to 12. 



The Dotteril Hackle. Body made of yellow silk ; legs 

 and wings from the feather of a dotteril. Hook from No. 6 

 to 12. This is an excellent fly, and in the north parts of 

 England considered superior even to the red hackle. 



The Water Cricket. Body, orange floss silk, tied on with 

 black silk ; legs, are made best with peacock's topping : if 

 this cannot be easily procured, a black cock's hackle will 

 answer the purpose. Either of these must be wound all 

 down the body, and the fibres then snapped off. 



The Blue-Bottle Fly. Body, dark blue floss silk, tied 

 with brown silk ; legs, a cock's black hackle ; wings, feather 

 of the starling's wing. Hook No. 9 to 12.* 



Common House-Fly. Body, ostrich herl, i-ather full ; legs, 

 a black hackle ; wings, the feather of the starling's wing. 



* The sizes of hooks used by Hofland are entirely too small for the 

 majority of our streams. Where a hook No. 9 or 10 is recommended, 

 No. 4 or 5 should be used. Those spoken of by Blaine are more suitable. 



