346 SALMON AND TROUT. 
an imitation of the small grass moth which flutters about 
in the meadows by the riverside. 
Body : White floss silk, ribbed with silver ; hackled all over 
with buff or light red hackle. 
Wings : Landrail. 
FTook, 00 to 1. 
(2) THE RED SencE (or, Sedge proper). 
Body: Red fur from hare’s face, or fox’s ear, or from the 
reddest part of an opossum skin. Rib it with gold 
thread and wind on a red hackle from tail to head. 
Wing: A ruddy feather from a landrail’s wing. 
Took, 00 to 1. 
(3) THe Bic Sepce.—This is the local name, but I prefer to 
call it the ‘Cinnamon.’ It is a fat, toothsome morsel, 
nearly an inch long, and answers capitally on a moon- 
light night, when it is warm, still, and free from mist. 
I have killed many heavy fish with it, especially in Sep- 
tember, during the harvest moon. 
The dressing I prefer is the same as that given for 
the red sedge, on a No. 2 hook, and winged with the 
reddest part of a cock landrail’s wing, or, better still, 
with one of the under covert feathers of the peahen, 
which are very faintly mottled with a darker shade of 
brown. 
Though true to nature, I think it is a mistake to 
dress the body thick, for the fly is apt to be heavy and 
lumpy, and so float badly. 
XI. THE ALDER 
Is very useful in June, and on some rivers will kill in the 
May-fly season better than the drake itself. It is in great 
favour with the Fairford anglers, and the natural fly is very 
plentiful on the Colne. 
Body : Bronze-coloured peacock herl. 
