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tail, Indian crow ; tag, medium blue floss silk ; tip, one or two turns of fine 

 gold oval. 



BROWN TROUT LAKE FLIES. 



i. ' Red.' Body, scarlet ' crewel ' (wool), sparely ribbed \vithjine gold twist 

 (not oval) ; two or three turns of the same under tail ; dark red (natural) 

 cock's hackle, ^with darker stem ; whisk, seven or eight fibres of same, or with 

 the addition of a few fibres of golden pheasant topping. 



[' Red' which I have found first-rate for brown trout and Gillaroo (I have 

 killed scores of Gillaroo with it in July at Lough Melvin) is distinctly best as 

 a tail fly, with the Yellow as dropper. 



'RED.' 



2. ' Yellow.' Body, golden yellow silk, ribbed with fine gold oval ; two or 

 three turns of the same under tail ; medium dark red cock's hackle (natural), 

 with dark stem ; tail, seven or eight fibres of same hackle, or, better perhaps, 

 a dozen or so fibres of the scarlet feathers from golden pheasant breast. 



With a tail of Indian crow, concave side upwards, I have also found 

 1 Yellow' very successful, but always as the dropper, N.B. 



If a change, or a third fly is wanted, ' Black and Silver ' will often be found 

 excellent as a substitute, or as an addition to the cast. 



