DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FLIES. 31 



Known by a great variety of names, and always useful. 

 Either of the forms here given will kill well on cold windy 

 days, particularly about midday in March and April. 



Flies on Plate 6. 



No. 27. YELLOW-LEGGED BLOA (Yellow Dun). Hook i. 

 WlNGS. From a young Starling's quill feather. 

 BODY. Yellow silk, waxed well, so as to make it nearly 



olive. 



LEGS. Ginger hackle from a Cochin-China Hen's neck. 

 TAIL. Two strands of the above. 



A first-rate killer, indispensable during its season. 



No. 28. YELLOW PARTRIDGE (Grey Gnat). Hook i. 

 WlNGS. Hackled with a light feather from the back of a 



Partridge. 

 BODY. Yellow silk. 



A good killer almost any time during April. 

 No. 29. SNIPE BLOA. Hook i. 

 WlNGS. Hackled with a feather from the inside of a Jack 



Snipe's wing. 

 BODY. Straw-coloured silk. 



No. 30. SNIPE BLOA. Hook O. 



WlNGS. Hackled with feather from under Snipe's wing. 

 BODY. Yellow silk, with a spare dubbing of Mole's fur, 

 but not sufficient to hide the yellow body. 



Two dressings of the same fly, and practically identical. 

 It is a splendid killer, and many anglers fish it more or less 

 all the year round. It is Theakston's Bloa brown, and is 

 probably to be identified with the Light Bloa of Jackson. 

 It is fished universally in Yorkshire and Lancashire, and it 

 will account for its share offish at any time, and particularly 

 on cold, wild days, all through the season. 



