. Alphabet of scientific angling for the use of beginners. Fly fishing; Bait fishing; Fishes -- Food; Fishes -- Feeding and feeds; Fishes -- Sense organs. The prime dun. a, the natural fly ; /), the artificial fly. Flies for March. The season now improves, and in the warm cloudy days, which sometimes occur, good sport may be ob- tained. The leading fly of this month is the dun drake or March brown, and by corruption, Moorish brown {Ephemerci). The body is dubbed with hare's ear fur and yellow worsted, or with black wool whipped with red silk; the wings are taken from the mottled feather of a p
. Alphabet of scientific angling for the use of beginners. Fly fishing; Bait fishing; Fishes -- Food; Fishes -- Feeding and feeds; Fishes -- Sense organs. The prime dun. a, the natural fly ; /), the artificial fly. Flies for March. The season now improves, and in the warm cloudy days, which sometimes occur, good sport may be ob- tained. The leading fly of this month is the dun drake or March brown, and by corruption, Moorish brown {Ephemerci). The body is dubbed with hare's ear fur and yellow worsted, or with black wool whipped with red silk; the wings are taken from the mottled feather of a partridge's tail; and the hackle is taken from a grey cock. The hooks used are No. 7 and No. 8. Carroll says the trouts refuse every other fly while this is on the The dun drake, or March brown, a, the natural fly; b, the artificial fly. Another March fly, which does not, however, belong to the water except by accident, is the cow-dung fly. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Rennie, James, 1787-1867. London : William Orr
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