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macaw; butt, black ostrich; body, three turns of medium 

 orange floss, the rest of darkish blue pig's wool ; broad silver 

 tinsel ; medium blue hackle, blue jay at shoulder ; wing, a 

 darkish blue hackle, slice of brick-red swan and darkish grey 

 speckled turkey ; black head. 



No. 2. Tag, silver thread and'ruby floss ; tail, a^topping ; butt, 

 black ostrich ; body, palish yellow wool ; medium claret hackle, 

 a light orange hackle (inclining rather to pale brick-red) at 

 shoulder ; wing, brown speckled turkey ; peacock, a few sprigs 

 of bastard bustard and grey mallard, slightly brown at tips, 

 over all ; black head. 



No. 3. Tag, gold tinsel ; tail, a topping ; butt, black ostrich 

 body, bright canary-coloured floss, gold tinsel ; hackle the 

 same colour, blue jay on shoulder ; wing, light and mixed 

 sprigs of bustard, tippet, wood duck, gallina over, topping, and 

 blue macaw ribs ; black head. In the early spring, a Butcher 

 (see p. 252) dressed smallish is a first-rate fly for these rivers. 

 Hooks from 5 to 9. 



SEA TROUT FLIES 



" Well, Mr. Francis," methinks I hear the reader remark, 

 " you have given us a rare long list of salmon flies, but what 

 about sea trout flies ? " 



Sea trout flies are a sort of connecting link between common 

 trout and salmon flies ; and first I will give you a list of flies 

 used more or less on the Tweed, where they are termed whitling 

 flies, and it shall go hard but some of these flies shall kill sea 

 trout wherever they are found to rise in Scotland. The sizes of 

 sea trout flies run from the No. 12 hook in the salmon scale 

 down to about three sizes smaller. 



No. i. Of all the sea trout flies I know of this is about the 

 best. It will kill almost anywhere ; either in Scotland, Ireland, 

 or England. Tail, a short tuft of orange-yellow floss silk ; 

 body, a dark ruddy brown or brown-red (something the colour 

 of dark red hair) pig's wool, fine silver twist ; hackle, coch y 

 bondu (red with black centre) ; wing, two strips of bright teal. 

 Three sizes of this fly should always be kept on hand, from the 

 largest to the smallest sea trout size. 



No. 2. Much the same dressing ; the body bright orange 

 with a black hackle. Medium size. 



No. 3 Tail as before ; body, lower half, dark red ; upper 



