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Silver Doctor. It will be observed that the Jock 

 Scott, Silver Doctor, and Fairies are included in 

 the flies appropriate for all stages of water and 

 varieties of weather, and although I have never 

 done it myself, I think a man provided with an 

 ample stock of different sizes of these three flies 

 could catch as many fish in any river of this 

 country as if he had the entire stock of any fly 

 tier in the world to choose from. Still, few 

 anglers have enough self-control to start forth 

 with so small a variety of flies, and the universal 

 practice is to take very many more than can 

 possibly be needed, which uselessly lumber up the 

 fly book, and ultimately are given away, lost, or 

 become food for moths. 



In addition to the Jock Scott, Silver Doctor, 

 and Fairy flies, the Britannia (which is bright and 

 very handsome), the Nepisiguit Gray (which is tied 

 with rat's fur body, light silver tinsel, and mallard 

 wings, and which I have found excellent wher- 

 ever tried), the Durham Ranger, the Nicholson, or 

 Blue and Brown (claret body, gold tinsel, yellow 

 tail, blue and rich brown hackle mixed, with 

 cocked-up mallard wings), the Butcher, and the 

 Beaufort Moth, or some other white fly, should 

 certainly furnish enough variety for the most 



