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ribbed with gold thread ; legs, red hackle ; wings, from 

 the starling's wing ; tail, two fibres of red cock's hackle. 

 Hook, No. 9. 



The Great Eed Spinner. — Body, hog's wool, red 

 and brown mixed, ribbed with gold twist ; legs, bright 

 red cock's hackle; wings, the light feather of the 

 starling's wing ; tail, three fibres of a red cock's hackle. 

 Hook, No. 7. 



The Black Gnat Fly. — Body, black hackle or 

 ostrich's herl, tied with black wings ; wings, the feather 

 from the starling's wing. Hook, No. 9 or 10. 



The Eed Ant Fly. — Body, peacock's herl, made full 

 at the tail, and spare towards the head, red or ginger 

 cock's hackle ; wings, the light feather of the starling's 

 wing. Hooks, Nos. 9 and 10. 



The Land Fly. — Body, the fur from the hare's neck, 

 twisted round with silk of the same colour; legs, a 

 ginger hen's hackle ; wings, the feather from a landrail's 

 wing. Hook, No. 9. 



The Aldee Fly. — Body, peacock's herl, tied with 

 dark-brown silk ; legs, cock's hackle ; wings, the brown 

 speckled feather of a mallard's back. Hook, No. 8. 



The Green Drake Fly. — Body, yellow floss silk, 

 ribbed with brown silk ; the extreme head and tail, 

 coppery peacock's herl ; legs, a red and ginger hackle ; 

 wings, the mottled wing of a mallard stained oUve; 

 tail, three hairs of a rabbit's whiskers. Hook, No. 6. 



The Grey Drake. — Body, white floss silk, ribbed 

 with dark-brown or mulberry-coloured silk ; head and 

 tip of the tail, peacock's herl; legs, a grizzled cock's 

 hackle; wings, a mallard's mottled feather made to 

 stand upright ; tail, three whiskers of a rabbit. Hooks, 

 Nos. 6 and 7. 



The Governor Fly. — Body, coppery-coloured pea- 

 cock's herl, ribbed with gold twist ; legs, red or ginger 

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

 Hook, No. 9. 



The Coachman Fly. — Body, copper-coloured cock's 

 herl ; legs, red hackle ; wings, the light feathers of the 

 landrail. Hook, No. 8. 



