2. The Blue Dun. Whisks, two fibres of a large hackle, from a blue cock. Body of fine blue fur from the hare or squirrel, ribbed with fine yellow silk thread. Legs, a blue hen's hackle. Wings, from the starling's wing-feather. Hook, No. 2. or 3.

This fly may be varied by using water-rat's fur for the body, a dark blue hackle for legs, and moorhen's wing-feather for wings.

The wings of every species of dun-fly stand erect upon their backs, and must be so placed in their imitations.*

3. Another Blue Dun.· Whisks to match the legs. Body of peacock's herl stripped of its down, -the first turn or two at the bottom white, to form what is called a tag. Legs, a blue hen's hackle. Wings, from the starling's wing-feather; or, if the body and legs be dark, from the moorhen's wing-feather. Hook, No. 3.

4. The March Brown, or Brown Drake. Whisks, two fibres of the hen pheasant's tailfeather. Body, brown fur from a brown sable muff or boa, ribbed with yellow silk thread. Legs, a brown-red hen's hackle. Wings placed upright

clear. Ordinarily, we use small flies dressed on the finest gut, and do not approve of very large flies at any time. * See Chapter III.

and taken from a woodcock's wing-feather. Hook, No. 4. or 5.

5. The Sand Fly.- Body of the sand-colour fur from a hare's poll. Legs, a light red hen's hackle. Wings, from a landrail's wingfeather. Hook, No. 3.

6. The Grannam, or Green-tail. The lower part of the body is made of two or three turns of dark green floss silk, forming a tag, and the rest of the body of fur from a hare's ear. The legs are imitated either by picking out this fur with a needle, so that the fibres may stand out roughly to resemble a hackle, or else with other fibres tied in after the body is put on a somewhat

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difficult operation for a novice, or a small dark partridge hackle may be wound on. Wings, from the wing-feather of a partridge or hen pheasant, to lie flat along the back. Hook, No. 3.

7. The Hare's Flax (the Male Grannam). The body may be made either of straw-colour floss silk, or of fur from a hare's ear, ribbed with yellow silk thread. Legs as for the grannam. Wings, from a wing-feather of the woodcock, to lie flat along the back. Hook, No. 3.

8. The Whirling Dun.- Whisks from a red cock's hackle. Body, blue fur from a hare or squirrel's skin (found among the roots and col

lected with a small-tooth comb). Legs a bloodred hen's hackle. Wings from a starling's wingfeather, to stand erect. Hook, No. 2. or 3.

9. The Cow-dung Fly. Body of yellow mohair mixed with red hair from a door-mat, wound rather thickly. Legs, a ginger hen's hackle. Wings from a very light starling's wingfeather, not longer than the body, and placed to lie flat along the back. Hook, No. 3.

10. The Yellow Dun. -Whisks, from a large yellow hackle. Body, yellow martin's fur, mixed with a little light blue fur from the hare, rabbit, or squirrel, and ribbed with yellow silk thread. Legs, a very fine light blue hen's hackle. Wings from the thrush or starling's wing-feather, to stand erect. This fly should be dressed very neatly and fine, on hook No. 1.

11. Iron Blue Dun. - Whisks, from a red cock's hackle. Body, water-rat or mole's fur, ribbed with yellow silk thread. Legs, a blood red hen's hackle. Wings, from a wing-feather of the moorhen or of the skitty, to stand erect. This is, like the last, an exceedingly fine and delicate fly. Hook, No. 1.

12. Spider Fly. Body of lead-colour floss. silk. Legs, a black hen's hackle. Wings from

the woodcock's wing-feather, to lie flat along the back. Hook, No. 2.

13. The Stone Fly.- Body of brown fur from a sable boa, mixed with yellow martin's fur, and ribbed with yellow silk thread. Legs, a grizzle hackle; that is, one speckled blue and yellow. Wings, from the wing-feather of a woodcock, made full and to lie flat. Hook, No. 5. or 6.

We never use this fly ourselves, but it is thought a great deal of by some anglers, and on some streams, particularly on the heavy and bushy ones of Dorsetshire and Hampshire.

14. The May Fly. This beautiful insect is imitated in a variety of ways, according to the fancies of different makers. Our own method, it must be admitted, has the advantage of simplicity, and it is suggested, as all our imitations are, by the only proper prototype- the natural insect itself. Whisks, three stout black hairs, about half an inch long, taken from the fitchet's tail or from a black muff. Body, straw-colour floss silk or martin's fur, ribbed with brown silk thread. Legs, a ginger hackle. Wings, two dappled feathers, taken from below the wings or from the bottom of the neck of the mallard, dyed greenish yellow, by boiling them in an infusion of the

inner bark of the crab-tree or of the barberrytree, with a small piece of alum, to fix the colour. The plume part of the feathers selected should, when prepared for use, be about the size of a sixpence, and be tied back to back, so that they may stand off on each side of the fly. Hook, No. 6., technically called, in the Kendal sizes, "Long May," in allusion to the greater length of the shank than that of the ordinary hook. Perhaps a Limerick hook, for a fly of this size, is preferable.

15. The Grey Drake. This fly must be dressed in the same style as the preceding. Whisks, three black hairs, longer than those for the May fly. The body may be imitated with a white ostrich's herl, or white floss silk, ribbed with a black horse-hair. Legs, a dark blue hackle. Wings, two mallard's feathers, not dyed, or two mottled feathers from the widgeon, tied on in the same way as directed for tying on the wings of the May fly. Hook, No. 6., "Long May," or, better, a Limerick of the corresponding size.

16. The Alder Fly.

Body of copper-colour floss silk. Legs, a black hen's hackle. Wings, from a wing-feather of the woodcock, to lie flat along the back.

Hook, No. 4.

17. The Red Ant. - This is an imitation of