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more or less used upon several rivers with success ; and 

 these will always, when the angler is unacquainted with 

 the special and pet varieties for the fish of the river he is 

 bent on plundering, form an efficient coi^ps de reserve, 

 and amongst them a killer or two will certainly be found. 



The Doctor. This is a very general and deserved 

 favourite one of the most general favourites we have, in 

 fact. Commencing, then, at the bend of the hook, tie on 

 as a tag three or four turns of fine gold twist. Tail, a 

 single gold pheasant topping, over this, as a but, a turn of 

 scarlet crewel ; body, pale blue floss silk, with hackle a 

 shade or two darker, wound on from tail to head (this is 

 varied at times with blue jay's feather) ; silver tinsel (in 

 large flies of all kind? the tinsel may be rendered more 

 conspicuous by the addition of some twist wound on beside 

 it). At the shoulder a brown grouse, partridge, or bustard 

 hackle may be wound on ; a blue jay is sometimes used 

 over the blue hackle. The wing is a mixed wing, contain- 

 ing fibres of bustard, dark turkey, argus pheasant, and 

 claret, blue, and yellow fibres of stained swan feathers, the 

 latter predominating. In smaller flies mallard and pin- 

 tail are introduced. The head is of scarlet crewel. This 

 fly is dressed upon any sized hook, from about No. 6 to 

 No. 10, to suit the water. 



The Silver Doctor is also a good standard fly. Tag, 

 silver tinsel ; tail, gold pheasant topping ; a turn of red 

 crewel over the stump of it for the but ; body, silver tin- 

 sel; hackle blue, as before, with a brown hackle at the 

 shoulder, and a small speckled gallina over it; wing, 

 chiefly of pintail, with a few red and blue fibres, and two 

 toppings over it ; red crewel head. And a very pretty 

 showy fly it makes. Size as before. 



Having finished with the medical profession, we now 

 turn to the army, and produce 



The Colonel. There are two uniforms which the colonel 



