Body.—Lead-colored silk thread, with which the fly is tied. Fine and thin.
Wings.—From an under covert feather of the wood-cock’s wing. To lie flat.
Legs.—Two turns only of a black hackle.
No. 12. The Grannom, or Green Tail.
This fly comes from a water larva, and is found chiefly at morning and at evening. The green tint of its body is derived from the color of the bag of eggs near the tail. There are a number of species in the United States, and in some the bag of eggs is yellow, and in some orange. The green is the most used.
Imitation.
Body.—Work in a little tuft of green at the tail, and then finish the body of sandy-colored mohair.
Wings.—A light brown mottled hen’s feather, to lie flat.
Legs.—A pale ginger hackle.
The body of the male is yellow, without the green tag.