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made somewhat greyer by an admixture of mallard, wood- 

 duck, and bustard, and a few sprigs of gold pheasant tail. 

 Size from 6 to 10. 



The Black and Yellow is another capital fly, a first-rate 

 general evening fly too anywhere. Tag, silver twist and 

 orange floss ; tail, a topping or two according to size of fly ; 

 black ostrich butt ; black silk body ; black hackle ; silver 

 tinsel (if large fly twist with it) ; light blue hackle on shoulder ; 

 wing, red feather of gold pheasant rump, the remainder of the 

 wing composed of toppings according to the size and require- 

 ment of the fly, from three to seven or eight probably, king- 

 fisher cheeks and blue macaw ribs ; black head. Size from 6 

 to 10 or ii. 



The Golden Mallard (I never heard a name for this fly, so 

 I have christened it). It is a capital fly, and will kill elsewhere 

 than the Tweed. Tag, gold twist ; tail, one topping and king- 

 fisher ; body, gold tinsel, gold twist ribbed over it ; stained 

 blood-red coch y bondu hackle at shoulder ; and brown mallard 

 wings, blue macaw ribs ; black head. Size as in the last. 



Some of the Tay flies, particularly the Wasps dressed small, 

 will kill well in the Tweed. The above patterns are nearly 

 all from the repertoire of my old acquaintance, James Wright, 

 of Sprouston, a first-rate artist. Beloe, of Coldstream, and 

 Forrest, of Kelso, are also excellent furnishers of angling 

 requisites. Forrest has a high name as a salmon-rod maker,* 

 and Beloe is celebrated for his trout flies. For a salmon fly, 

 however, James has deservedly " the call " on Tweedside, and, 

 hi fact, for all the south of Scotland.! Tweed flies range in size 

 from medium-sized salmon down to sea trout size. The latter 

 are tied on double hooks, which are very effective. 



THE KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE DEE 



The Cree flies given below will also kill on the Dee, as will 

 the dun wing Tweed flies ; but the favourite fly given to 

 me by Mr. Laurie, of Laurieston, an old resident and renter 

 of fishing in that river, is : tail, a small topping ; body, two 

 turns of yellow, and the rest of black pig's wool ; silver tinsel, 

 black hackle, and two slips of good red gled for wings. The 

 flies are not large, the ordinary grilse size and smaller. 



Mr. Herbert Maxwell, of Monreith, has, since the publica- 

 tion of the last edition, sent me an account of the Galloway 



* And retains it to this day. ED. 



f James Wright is now no more, alas ! ED. 



