Tail. Two brown fibres from pheasant’s wing.
Hackle. Partridge hackle, dyed olive.
Wings. Quill feather of white hen, dyed olive.
Hook. Nos. 1—2, new size.
CHAPTER VII
Diptera
The order Diptera, or two-winged flies, includes more species which at times serve as food for trout and grayling, than any other order which includes species of so-called flies.
Though naturally many other species than those whose imitations I describe here will be found on the water, I have tried to include those which are most commonly found, without burdening my reader with too many.
The several patterns of imitations of small Diptera (curses) will, I believe, be found to represent most of the commoner species found on the water, at least sufficiently accurately to deceive the trout sometimes, though when the fish are feeding upon these tiny flies, it is very probable that they will refuse all imitations, for many species which serve them as food are too small to imitate.