182 THE PRACTICAL ANGLER 



of flies, and the following comprise all that are 

 necessary for any loch in which trout are to be 

 found : Red, purple, orange, yellow, blue, brown, 

 and green bodies, made either of Berlin wool or 

 mohair, and with or without tinsel. Wings of 

 feathers taken from the jay, woodcock, grouse, teal, 

 or mallard (we prefer the three first mentioned), 

 with black and red cock-hackles, or the small 

 feathers alluded to when treating of river-flies, 

 varied to suit the colour of the fly. A tail is 

 an improvement to the appearance of a good-sized 

 fly, and may be made of a few fibres of the feathers 

 taken from the neck of the golden pheasant, or a 

 tuft of Berlin wool of a different colour from the 

 body of the fly. In loch as in river fishing, the 

 angler must be cautioned against trusting too much 

 in flies. 



In dressing loch-flies, the hackle may either be 

 carried down the full length of the body, or confined 

 to the part immediately below the wings ; the latter 

 is perhaps preferable, as it makes a neater and more 

 shapely fly. Commence operations at the bend of 

 the hook at the place where you intend the tail of 

 the fly to be by fastening on the tail-tuft, and the 

 end of the thread of worsted or mohair, of which you 

 are to form the body, also the end of the thread of 

 tinsel. Then lay the gut along the shank of the 

 hook, and tie them firmly together until within five 

 or six turns of the end of the hook, where fasten 

 on, and divide the wings in the usual way, seeing 

 that they stand well apart ; next fasten on the 



