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quite dark, they may often be taken with some 

 simple little fly, such as the brown silverhorns or 

 the July or iron-blue dun. As a rule, when they 

 are taking well, they may be caught with any of 

 the salmon-flies dressed very small, or, indeed, 

 with an ordinary trout-fly. Many of the loch 

 trout-fly patterns are also useful for the purpose. 

 The following dressings will be found useful : 



i. RED-BROWN. 



Tail : A tuft of orange floss-silk. 



Body : Dark red-brown pig's wool, ribbed with 



fine silver twist. 

 Hackle : Coch-y-bonddhu. 

 Wings : Light teal. 



In two or three sizes. 



2. ORANGE AND BLACK. 



The same as No. i, but with an orange body 

 and a black hackle. 



Medium size. 



3. RED AND BLACK. 



Tail: As in No. i. 



Body : Lower half dark-red ; upper half black 



pig's wool. 

 Hackle : Coch-y-bonddhu, with a broad black 



stripe down the centre. 



Wing : Teal. 



Medium size. 



