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and brown, mixed with gold twist ; legs, bright red cock’s 
hackle ; wings, the light feather of the starling’s wing ; tail, 
three strands of a red cock’s hackle. Hook No. 7. 
Black Gnat. Body, black hackle, or ostrich herl, tied 
with black silk ; wings, the feather from a starling’s wing. 
Hook No. 13. 
Wren Tail. An excellent killer in small bright streams, 
is always dressed as a hackle fly. Body, dark orange silk, 
with wings and legs of a wren’s tail. Although the feathers 
of a wren’s tail cannot bo properly called hackles, they are 
here used as such, and this remark will apply to other feath- 
ers similarly employed. Hook No. 12. 
The Bracken Clock. A kind of beetle. Body, peacock’s 
herl, dressed full, and tied with purple silk; wings, feather 
of a pheasant’s breast. Hook No. 9 or 10. 
Red Ant, in imitation of the small red ant. Body, pea- 
cock’s herl, made full at the tail, and spare toward the head; 
legs, red or ginger cock’s hackle; wings, from the light 
feather of the starling’s wing. Hook No. 9 or 10. By sub- 
stituting ostrich herl for peacock’s herl, and a black hacklo 
instead of a red one, the black ant may be imitated. 
The Sand Fly. Body, the fur from a hare’s neck twisted 
round silk of the same color; legs, a ginger hen’s hackle; 
wings, the feather from the landrail’s wing. Hook No. 9. 
The Stone Fly. One of the larger kind of flics used in 
windy weather. Body, fur of the hare’s ear, mixed with 
brown and yellow mohair, and ribbed with yellow silk, the 
yellow color towards the tail; legs, a brownish red hackle; 
wings, the dark feather of the mallard’s wing ; tail, two or 
three fibres of the mottled feather of the partridge. Hook 
No. 6. 
Alder Fly. Body, peacock’s herl, tied with dark brown 
6ilk ; legs, coch-a-bonddu hackle; wings, the brown speckled 
feather of a mallard’s back. Hook No. 8. Sometimes dress- 
