The Fly-fisher's Entomology: Illustrated by Coloured Representations of the Natural and Artifical Insect. And Accompanied by a Few Observations and Instructions Relative to Trout-and-grayling Fishing |
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abundant Bäetis black cock's hackle Black ostrich herl BLUE DUN BODY boil Brazil wood brown silk thread buzz chiefly coils Coleoptera colour copperas dark dun Dark Mackerel days as shewn Diptera dotterel dubbing Dun Drake dun hackle eggs Ephemera Ephemerida Family female fisherman flies floss silk ribbed fly comes fly fishing Genus gold twist Green Drake hackle stained hook Hymenoptera IMITATION inches insect Iron Blue Jenny Spinner Larvæ lighter little rapid lives three male mallard metamorphosis middle mottled feather natural wings Neuroptera olive Order Palmer peacock's herl plate pupa purple rabbit's whiskers red cock's hackle red hackle Red Spinner reel rise round shank silver twist Species sport spun Staffordshire stained hackle starling's wing stream TAIL thread A B three or four throwing tied tint Trichoptera Trout and Grayling water nympha whilst whisks wind windy days WINGS AND LEGS wound Yellow Dun yellow silk