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6. Body and tail as before, but with no tinsel ; dark brown hackle 

 and wing from speckled feather of partridge's tail. 



7. Black floss body, and tine silver thread ; black hackle ; dark 

 starling wing ; two whisks of grey mallard for tail. 



8. A turn of gold tinsel at tail ; tail, two brown mallard whisks ; 

 body, rufous (red hair colour) ; red hackle, and medium starling 

 wing. 



9. Tinsel and tail as before ; cinnamon silk body ; medium brown 

 hackle, dressed buzz rather long and spidery. 



10. Tail and tinsel as before ; body, lemon-yellow floss ; hackle as 

 in No. 9, with fibres from the speckled feather of a partridge's tail for 

 wing. 



11. Blue dun body, tail, and hackle, with silver thread over body, 

 and fibres from grouse or woodcock hackle for wing. 



12. Tail and tinsel as before ; body, soft brown fur, water-rat's, 

 probably, left rough for legs ; starling wing. 



These flies are on Nos. 10, 11, and 12 hooks. 



Before closing the chapter I have forgotten, I find, the 

 great trout fly for the lakes, known through all the south 

 of Scotland as the Heckum Peckum, and a rare good fly it 

 is. Eed wool, silver twist, red hackle, and a white tip 

 feather from the wild drake wing a most renowned fly. 



