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Tiie Caperer, fig. 9, is made up as follows : — Body of 

 rich brown floss-silk ; legs of a fine red or brown hackle ; 

 wings of a woodcock's feather. Hook No. 9. 



The Winged-Palmer, fig. 10, a good common autumn 

 fly, is made on the same plan as the peacock-hackle, but 

 of a smaller size, and with the addition of a pair of wings 

 made from the outside- feather of the thrush's wing. The 

 end of the body is finished with a few turns of orange silk. 

 Hook No. 9 or 10. It is the cock-y-bondhu of Wales. 



Winged and Tailed-Flies. — These are made like the 

 last set of flies, except that at the time of whipping on the 

 hook the fibres are included which are to constitute the 

 tail. The body is then formed by the dubbing, floss-silk, 

 or herl, and the wings tied as before. This set includes, 

 among a vast variety of flies, the May-fly, green drake, 

 stone-fly, March-brown, red spinner, &c. 



The Green Drake or May Fly, fig. 11. — Body 

 made of yellow floss-silk or mohair, dyed a pale yellowish 

 green, and ribbed with bright yellow silk ; tail of two or 

 three hairs of the sable or fitchet, or of fine horse-hair from 

 the mane ; legs of a gray cock's hackle, dyed the same color 

 as the mohair, or of a ginger pile undyed ; wings from 

 the mallard's back-feather, dyed of the same yellowish 

 green. Hook No. 6 or 7. 



The Gray Drake, fig. 12, is made as follows : — Body 

 of pale dun-colored mohair ; tail of two fibres from the 

 feather of the mallard's back ; legs of a brown or gingei 

 cock's hackle ; wings from the gray feather of the mal- 

 lard's back, undyed. Hook No. 6. 



The Stone-Fly, fig. 13. — Body of red mohair, ribbed 



