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duplicates of them, you can each select the 

 fly which I point out, and place it in a part 

 of the book where it may easily be found. 

 First: when the cloud is on, I advise one of 

 these three golden twisted flies, silk bodies, 

 orange, red and pale blue, with red, orange, 

 and grey hackle, golden pheasant's hackle 

 for tail, and kingfisher's and golden phea- 

 sant's brown hackle under the wing ; begin- 

 ning with the brightest fly, and changing to 

 the darker one. Should the clouds disap- 

 pear, and it become bright, change your 

 flies for darker ones, of which I will point 

 out three: — a fly with a brown body and a 

 red cock's hackle, and one with a dun body 

 and black hackle, with a brown mallard's 

 wing. All these flies have, you see, silver 

 twist bodies, and all kingfisher's feather un- 

 der the wing, and golden pheasant's feather 

 for the tail. For the size of your flies, I 

 recommend the medium size, as the water 

 is small this day ; but trying all sizes, from 

 the butterfly size of a hook of half an inch in 

 width, to one of a quarter. Now, Physicus, 

 cast your orange fly into that rapid at the 



