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for legs. Wings, tail feather of the partridge, and the tail 

 two fibres of the same. Hook, No. 10. 



7. Tlie red spinner is a fine showy %, dressed thus : 

 body, red-hog's down, ribbed with gold twist and tied on 

 with brown sUk; wings, starling's wing feather; legs, 

 bright amber-red hackle j tail, two fibres of the same 

 feather. Hook, No. 9, (fig. 14.) 



8. Garshalton cochtaii. — ^A dun fly, and will be found a 

 good kiUer in many streams as well as its native Wandle. 

 Body, light blue fur ; legs, dark dun hackle ; wings, the 

 inside feather of a teal's wings ; tail, two fibres of a white 

 cock's hackle. Hook, Nos. 9 or 10. 



9 The pale yellow dv,n. — Excellent from April to the 

 end of the season. Body, yellow mohair, or marten's pale 

 yellow fur, tied with yellow silk ; wings, the lightest part 

 of a feather from a young starling's wing, Hook, No, 

 12. 



10. The soldier palmer. — Body, bronze-coloured pea- 

 cock harl, ribbed with fine gold twist, and two black-red 

 or furnace hackles, struck with strict regularity from the 

 tail to the shoulder. Hook, Nos, 10 or 11. A general fly 

 and special favourite with grayling, (fig. 40.) 



11. Cosh-y-hdndhu. — Body, short and full, of black 

 ostrich and brilliant peacock harl twisted together ; wings 

 and legs, a dark furnace cock's hackle of the purest black 

 and red colour. Hook, Nos. 10 and 11. This is a 

 famous fly, says Ephemera ; if fish wUi not rise at it, you 

 may conclude they are not " on the feed." They either 

 take it for a small red and black caterpillar, or for a round 

 black and red beetle. Fine, warm, cloudy days are the 

 best for its successful use. Its shape is shown in fig, 1, 

 but the hackles are too long. 



