136 AXGLING. 



Body, black hackle, or ostrich, hari, tied with black silk ; 

 wings, the feather from a starling's wing. Hook, No. 13| 

 (fig. 42.) 



22. Red ant. — ^This is the small red ant, and there is 

 another of the same size, called the black ant, and two 

 others named the large black and red ants. Body, pea- 

 cock's harl, made full at the tail and spare towards the 

 head ; legs, red or ginger cock's hackle ; wings, from the 

 light feather of the starling's wing, (fig. 10.) 



23. Tlie hracken^eiSfbis a kind of beetle. If made 

 upon a large hook, it will be found an excellent fly for the 

 lakes in Scotland. Body, peacock's harl, made full at the 

 tail and spare towards the head ; legs, red or ginger cock's 

 hackle ; wings, from the light feather of the starling's wing. 



24. Brown palmer-hacMe. — Body, brown floss silk, or 

 brown fur, or mohair of a deep amber, or a rich brown 

 ostrich harl, ribbed alternately with gold and silver twist ; 

 legs, a red cock's hackle. Hook, Nos. 4, 5, or 6. 



25. Red palmer-hackle. — Body, dark-red coloured mohair, 

 with a little richly-tinted red fur intermixed, to be ribbed 

 with gold or silver twist ; legs, a blood-red cock's hackle. 

 Hooks, Nos. 6 or 7, (fig. 3.) 



26. Golden palmer-hackle. — Body, green and gold pea- 

 cock's harl, ribbed with gold twist ; a bright-red cock's 

 hackle, worked with a rich green sUk. Hook, Nos. 5, 6 

 7, or 9, (fig. 4.) 



27. Peacock, palmer-Iiackle. — Body, a rich full fibre of 

 peacock harl, ribbed with wide silver platting. Make a 

 head to this palmer with a bit of scarlet mohair. Legs, a 

 dark grizzled hackle, dressed with red silk. Hook, Noa. 

 5 or 6. This hackle, dressed very large, will kill Thames 

 trout and chub. 



