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duns Nos. 18 and 19 in the set of new patterns are, 

 I believe, the most lifelike imitations extant, and the 

 votary of the old standards has, besides the iron-blues 

 themselves, such patterns as the blue quill, adjutant 

 blue, and blue dun, all of which, however, are lighter 

 in colour than the natural fly. 



The first appearance of the pale watery dun may 



be expected about the middle 



Pale watery duns. of May, and it continues to 



show up during the summer 

 and early autumn. It is a smaller and much paler 

 fly than the olive, and some angling authors probably 

 refer to this insect when writing of what they style 

 pale olives. If we could all agree to give the same 

 English name to the same angling fly it would save 

 an infinity of trouble and confusion, and as from time 

 immemorial the name, pale watery dun, has been 

 given to the subimagines of some three or more small 

 pale species of duns, it would be well to adhere to it. 

 On the Test the pale watery dun is not generally 

 a very successful fly, but on the Itchen and many 

 other rivers it is a great killer. Nos. 14 and 15 iti 

 the set of new patterns are the male and female 

 respectively, and among the old standards the pale 

 watery dun, pale olive quill, hare's-ear quill, little 

 marryat, and occasionally the ginger quill all dressed 

 on 00 hooks, may be used with advantage when 

 it is up. 



On a fine calm and genial afternoon in May, 

 spinners may be seen in the air, and when the 



