British angling flies, revised and annotated by F.M. Walbran |
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amber angler angling appearance artificial autumn banks beautiful belly better bloa blue blue dun body breast Bridge bright cast clear close color comes continue creeper dark brown darker dim transparency drake dressed early edges eyes feather feelers fibres fine fish flies flyfisher Francis freckled gives grayling green drake grey ground hackle hair half an inch hatching head hook imitation joints killed latter legs length less light lighter lines looked marks middle mohair month named natural needle night numbers orange pale patterns quarter red brown reflections rich Ripon rise river running season seen shade shew short shoulders sides silk skin species Spinner sport spring streams taken thighs three-eighths tinge touched transparency tribes trout upper veins warm whisks wings yellow Yore Yorkshire
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