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No. 3. Tail : gold twist round shank of hook, 

 then mixed, small scarlet hackle, small blue ditto, 

 silver-pheasant black and white feather, ditto stained 

 orange. Body : same as No. 1. Shoulders: blue 

 jay. Wings : lower wings stained, mixed, scarlet, 

 blue, orange, upper wings mottled feather of peacock's 

 wing, light buff with black bars. (See plate 3). 



No. 4, Hook reversed. Body : same as No. 1. 

 Tail .- mixed. Wings : two white feathers from un- 

 der wing of wild fowl, stained green. Head : blue- 

 stained hackle twisted round. (See plate 4). 



No. 5. Used when the weather is bright and not 

 much wind, and made on large trout-hooks, two-link 

 twisted gut. Tail : two turns of gold twist, then a 

 small cock's hackle stained blue for tail. Body .- rich 

 red worsted, gold twist, rich bright red hackle. Wings : 

 mixed ; stained mallard, red, yellow, green. Head : 

 guinea-fowl hackle twisted round. 



I have given the above as specimens of a few 

 only ; but I have made the pollack-flies of every de- 

 scription of bright and fancy colours. 



Your snoods or casting-lines should be nearly 

 three yards in length, and should have two swivels, 

 the larger one should be placed about four inches 



