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Shoulder Hackle.: Hen golden pheasant. 



Ribbitig Hackle : Pale ginger cock. 



Body : Straw or maize husk, ribbed with crimson tying-silk. 



Hook : 2 or 3. 



Wings: Rouen drake, undyed, which is better than the 

 ordinary mallard wing, as the markings are more distinct. 



Head : Bronze peacock herl. 



Shoulder Hackle: Hen pheasant, slightly dyed a pale 

 medium olive. 



Ribbing Hackle : Blue Andalusian cock. 



Whisk : Brown mallard. 



Body : Straw or maize husk, ribbed with pale olive tying-silk. 



Hook : 2 or 3. 



For imitating the spent gnat there is no pattern to approach 

 Mr. Marryat's, dressed as follows : — 



Wings : Four dark grizzled blue 

 Andalusian cock hackles set on 

 horizontally quite flat, and at right 

 angles to the hook-shank. If dark 

 Andalusian hackles are not obtain- 

 able, it is far better to use ordinary 

 black hackles than light duns. 



Head : Bronze peacock herl. 



Shoulder Hackle : Grey par- 

 tridge. 



Ribbing Hackle : Badger. 



Body : White quill or ivhite floss 

 silk, ribbed with a strand of peacock herl which is cinnamon- 

 coloured at root and dark at point, or condor, as in the 

 Egyptian goose pattern, the dark portion showing about three 

 turns at the tail end of body. 



Whisk : Brown mallard. 



Hook : 3 or 3 long. 



The sizes of hooks given in all the above patterns are those 

 of the ordinary eyed hooks. 



