Hook 2 or 3.
Wings.—Hackled with a mottled brown feather from a Snipe’s rump.
Body.—Orange silk, No. 6a, dubbed with fur from the nape of a Rabbit’s neck which has been lightly tinged red with Crawshaw’s Red Spinner dye, and ribbed with gold wire or tinsel.
Tail.—Two strands from a feather from a Snipe’s rump, same feather as is used for the wings.
Head.—Orange silk.
April, and often May.
No. 9.
Light Snipe or Snipe Bloa.
Ephemeridæ.
Hook 1.