. American angler's guide : or, complete fisher's manual, for the United States: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheres ; with the addition of a second Fishing. 102 HE TROUT. 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
. American angler's guide : or, complete fisher's manual, for the United States: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheres ; with the addition of a second Fishing. 102 HE TROUT. 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 tiy. Body, dark orange silk, with wings and legs of a wren's tail. Although the feathers of a wren's tail cannot be properly called hackles, they are here used as such, aud 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 hackle 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 Hies 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 silk ; legs, coch-a-bonddu hackle; wings, the brown speckled
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