136 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF SALMON FISHING 



No. 5 . 



Meg with the Muckle Mouth. 



Wings .... From the tail of a brown turkey. 



Head .... Crimson wool. 



Body .... Yellow silk. 



End of body . . . Crimson wool. 



Tail .... Yellow or orange wool. 



Round the tail . . Red-cock's hackle. 



Round the body . . Gold twist ; over it hackle mixed 



with colour, as above. 



No. 6. 



Meg in her Braws. 



Wings .... Light brown, from the wing of a bit- 

 tern. 



Head .... Yellow wool. 



Next the head . . Mottled blue feather from a jay's 



wing. 



Body .... Brown wool mixed with bullock's 



hair. 



Towards the end of body Green wool ; next to that crimson 



wool. 



Tail .... Yellow wool. 



Round the body . . Gold twist ; over that cock's hackle, 



black at the roots and red at the 

 points. 



Concerning these flies I will note one thing, which 

 is, that if you rise a fish with the Lady of Mertoun, 

 and he does not touch her, give him a rest, and come 

 over him with the Toppy, and you have him to a 

 certainty, and vice versa. This I hold to be an in- 

 valuable secret, and is the only change that during 

 my long practice I have found eminently successful. 



Having now named all things necessary for the 

 sport, I must now advise all fishermen, Cocknies in 

 particular, to provide themselves with plenty of 



