MAV-FLY FISHING. 363 
Shoulder Hackle: Hen golden pheasant. 
kibbing Hackle: Pale ginger cock. 
Body + Straw or maize husk, ribbed with crimson tying-silk. 
fTook : 2 or 3. 
Wings: Rouen drake, undyed, which is better than the 
ordinary mallard wing, as the markings are more distinct. 
flead : Bronze peacock herl. 
Shoulder Hlackle:| Hen pheasant, slightly dyed a pale 
medium olive. 
Ribbing Hackle: Blue Andalusian cock. 
Whisk Brown mallard. 
Body : Straw or maize husk, ribbed with pale olive tying-silk. 
Fook: 2 or 3. 
For imitating the spent gnat there is no pattern to approach 
Mr. Marryat’s, dressed as follows :— 
Wings: Four dark grizzled blue 
Andalusian cock hackles set on 
horizontally quite flat, and at right 
angles to the hook-shank. If dark 
Andalusian hackles are not obtain- 
able, it is far better to use ordinary 
black hackles than light duns. 
Head: Bronze peacock herl. 
Shoulder Hackle: Grey par- 
tridge. 
Ribbing Hackle: Badger. 
Body : White quill or white floss 
silk, ribbed with a strand of peacock herl which is cinnamon- 
coloured at root and dark at point, or condor, as in the 
Egyptian goose pattern, the dark portion showing about three 
turns at the tail end of body. 
Whisk » Brown mallard. 
Fook « 3 or 3 long. 
The sizes of hooks given in all the above patterns are those 
of the ordinary eyed hooks. 
