342 SALMON AND TROUT. 
Body: Undyed quill. 
Legs and Whisks: Red hackle. 
Wings: Darkish starling, The grey and ginger are generally 
dressed with lighter wings. 
Zook, © or 00, usually the smaller size. 
The Red Quill is, perhaps, the best all-round evening fly 
that can be used in the summer months. 
IV. THE IRON BLUE, 
This fly comes out thickly on some parts of the Test ; it 1s 
less common on the Itchen, and in some places it is rarely seen 
at all. When it does come out the fish generally refuse every- 
thing else. It varies a good deal in colour, but I believe the 
best general dressing to be : 
Body: Quill, dyed a dark blue with a violet shade. Some prefer 
mauve silk with mole’s fur. 
Legs and Whisks: Dark honey dun, the natural fly having 
yellow tips to its dusky blue legs. 
Wings: From the breast of a water hen, or from the tail featice 
of the greater titmouse. 
ffook, 00 or 000. 
V. THE ‘LITTLE MARRYAT.’ 
This is a fancy fly well known at Winchester, and indeed it 
is a prime favourite all over Hampshire. It bears a close 
resemblance to some of the pale watery duns which are always 
to be seen in warm weather. It begins to be useful at the end 
of April, and if dressed of suitable size it will do well from May 
to September, and will often kill the best grayling in October, 
Body: Very pale buff opossum fur spun on light yellow 
silk. 
Wings : Medium starling. 
Legs and Whisks: The palest feather from a buff Cochin China 
cockerel, 
Fook, 0 or 00. 
