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grouse feather with two strands of blue macaw ; 

 hackle, jay's wing mixed with some few dark 

 strands ; tail, golden pheasant hackle. 



The Harriet. — Body, purple mohair, silver twist ; 

 wings, turkey ; hackle, blue jay ; tail, golden phea- 

 sant. No. 5 and No. 8 hooks. A deadly fly when 

 fish are in the humour. 



The August Brown. — Body, light brown mohair, 

 gold twist ; wings of the gled tail or bittern ; hackle, 

 dark brown. Nos. 5 and 8 hooks. A first-rate fly 

 in full water dressed on No. 5. 



The Black Doctor, — Body, black mohair, silver 

 twist ; wings, grouse feather ; hackle, a few strands 

 of blue jay and black ; tail, yellow strands of golden 

 pheasant ; also without the tail. A splendid fly 

 dressed on two-sized hooks, Nos. 6 and 9. 



The later in the autumn the smaller should be 

 the flies. 



However, as all fishermen know, the fish must be 

 in the humour, and this so much depends on 

 circumstances over which we have no control. 

 There is one thing, however, worth observing, 

 viz., the barometer. I have often found that fish 

 will not sport with a falling barometer, however 

 well the day may look or however softly or 

 favourably the wind may blow. Still this is not 

 always so ; fish are curious customers, and there 

 is no accounting for their vagaries. 



