138 ANGLING. 



■wings and legs, and black head. Brown : wings, light 

 brown mallard ; legs, a twine or two of red hackle, with 

 a fibre or two for the tail ; body, brown silk, twisted 

 tightly with gold wire. Green moth : brown mottled 

 •wings, with a twist of brown hackle for wings ; body, 

 light brown, finished with bright green silk; no tail. 

 Hooks, 9 and 10. The general shape is shown by 

 fig. 9. 



36. Femjly. — This is an admirable May and summer 

 fly. The proper sized hook is No. 10, and when the water 

 is very low, a size smaller. The body is to be made of 

 deep brilliant-coloured orange sUk, whipped sparingly with 

 fine gold wire ; wings, lying rather flat, to be made of the 

 light mottled fibres of a young partridge's wing feathers ; 

 legs, a turn or two of a small fiery-red hackle. Hook, Nos. 

 11 and 12, (fig. 6.) 



37. Tim wasp fly is dressed thus : Body, light-orange 

 mohair, dubbed in very thin ribs, and alternated with black 

 ostrich harl, neatly and finely. Form the head of bronze 

 harl ; legs, two turns of a light-brown red hackle. Hook, 

 7, 8, and 9 ; and make the wings of a partridge hackle or 

 mottled mallard's feather. 



38. Tlie governor. — Body, bronze-coloured peacock's 

 harl, tipped with red silk ; legs, black ; red hackle ; wings, 

 from the starling or partridge tail feathers. Hook, 

 No. 8, (fig. 10.) 



39. House-fly. — Body, black ostrich harl, dressed rather 

 fuU ; wings, a lark's wing feather to be flat and extended j 

 legs, a dark dun hackle. Hook, Nos. 9 and 10. In autumn, 

 on windy days, this fly is often greedUy taken by trout 

 and grayling. It is a better fly for chub and dace, 

 (fig- 5.) 



