No. 7 March Brown
This ephemera is the next in season after the blue dun. It is a handsome and attractive fly, and is eagerly devoured by the trout. The male is of a chocolate color, and the female a greenish brown. It lives three or four days, and then changes into the great red spinner.
Imitation.
Body.—Sandy-brown mohair, ribbed over with olive silk.
Tail.—Two fibres of a brown hen’s feather.
Wings.—From the mottled wing-feather of a brown hen, which may be found of the exact shade.
Legs.—A brown hen’s hackle, or the small brown body-feather of the widgeon.