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optician, must in every case be taken as the basis. Thus 

 in the gold-fly — the prevaihng colour of which is intended 

 to be a rich golden orange — red, orange, and yellow are 

 the three predominant colours — orange (the gold of metal- 

 lurgists) in the prismatic arrangement passing into red 

 on the one side and yellow on the other. In " the Rain- 

 bow" the same model is closely followed, the whole 

 of the prismatic colours being combined in the body 

 and shoulder hackle in their proper sequence. In No. 3, 

 which is a silver-bodied fly, no harmony of colour is 

 strictly speaking possible — silver (or white brightened) 

 not being a colour but rather a negation of it. In a 

 more general sense, however, both white and black har- 

 monize with all the other colours. 



It will be seen that the "silver" fly is tied on a double 

 hook. This is a plan which I first saw practised by Dr. 

 Peard, the accomplished author of " A Year of Liberty," 

 to whom I was also indebted for the original flies on 

 which, with the exception of the extra hackle, and some 

 modifications of colour, the pattern-flies here given are 

 based. The addition of the second hook perceptibly 

 influences for good the proportion which losses bear to 

 runs. It is also rather an improvement than otherwise 

 to the fly, so far as neatness goes, and helps to sink it a 

 trifle lower in the water — another advantage, in my 

 opinion. The hooks are set at rather less than a right 

 angle. 



The following is the formulary for these flies : — 



