The Grayling Family 191 



made of the finest drawn gut, known as gossamer, 

 and taper to the larger or proximal end, which 

 should be the smallest undrawn gut. 



In England the most delicate leaders and ex- 

 tremely small flies are employed for grayling. 

 The flies are usually tied on Pennell hooks, turn- 

 down eye, sizes o, 00, 000, Kendal scale, which 

 are smaller than No. 1 2, Redditch scale, the latter 

 being the smallest size commonly used in Amer- 

 ica. The favorite flies in England have yellowish 

 — lemon to orange — bodies, and bodies of pea- 

 cock harl, either green or bronze. Flies with 

 purplish, black, or slate-colored bodies are more 

 sparingly employed. They are either hackles or 

 split-winged flies. The formulas for some of the 

 favorites are as follows: — 



Red Tag. Body bright green harl from the " moon " of a peacock's 

 feather ; hackle, bright red cock's hackle ; tag, bright red wool ; 

 hook, No. o, Kendal scale. 



Orange Bumble. Body, orange floss silk, ribbed with a strand of 

 peacock's sword feather and fine flat gold tinsel ; hackle, honey 

 dun cock, wrapped all down the body; hook No. o, Kendal 

 scale. 



Green Insect. Body, bright green peacock's harl ; hackled with a 

 soft silver-gray hen's feather; hook No. o, Kendal scale. 



Bradshaw's Fancy. Body, copper-colored peacock's harl ; hackled 

 with a feather from the neck of a Norwegian crow ; tag, bright 

 crimson wool or silk, with a couple of turns of the same at the 

 head ; tying silk, dark purple ; hook No. o, Kendal scale. 



