FAVOURITE FLIES 



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Body . 



End of the body 



Tail 



Round the body 

 End of the body 

 Round the body 



Black wool. 



Fur from the hare's ear ; next to ^the hare's 



ear crimson wool. 

 Yellow wool. 

 Black-cock's hackle. 

 Red-cock's hackle. 

 Gold twist, spirally. 



No. 5. 

 Meg with the Muckle Mouth. 



Wings . 



Head 



Body 



End of body 



Tail 



Round the tail 



Round the body 



From the tail of a brown turkey. 

 Crimson wool. 

 Yellow silk. 

 Crimson wool. 

 Yellow or orange wool. 

 Red-cock's hackle. 



Gold twist ; over it hackle mixed 

 colour, as above. 



with 



No. 6. 

 Meg in her Braws. 



Wings . 



Head . . 



Next the head . 



Body . 



Towards the end of body 



Tail 



Round the body 



Light brown, from the wing of a bittern. 

 Yellow wool. 



Mottled blue feather from a jay's wing. 

 Brown wool mixed with bullock's hair. 

 Green wool ; next to that crimson wool. 

 Yellow wool. 



Gold twist ; over that cock's hackle, black 

 at the roots and red at the points. l 



Concerning these flies I will note one thing, 

 which is, that if you rise a fish with the Lady of 

 Mertoun, and he does not touch her, give him a 

 rest, and come over him with the Toppy, and you 

 have him to a certainty, and vice versa. This I 



1 The fashion in flies has changed on the Tweed, as on most other 

 Scottish waters. The gaudiest colours, the brightest tinsel, the most 

 daring combinations are displayed in the lures now in vogue. — Ed. 



