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mixed fibres with guinea hen and teal and yellow fibres ; 

 blue macaw ribs ; head, peacock herl. Size, 6, 7, and 8. 

 A useful fly ; varies nicely by dyeing the hackle yellow. 



Black and Teal. Tag, silver twist and golden floss ; 

 tail, one topping; but, black herl; body, two turns of 

 orange floss, the rest black (either floss, horsehair, mohair, 

 or unlaid sewing silk), in large flies fur is often used ; 

 broadish silver tinsel; black hackle over three parts of 

 the body, gallina (the dark feather with the large round 

 spots, not the small speckled gray) on the shoulder ; wing, 

 double jungle-cock with topping over them, and two good- 

 sized teal, or the small feather of the black partridge, one 

 on either shoulder to form a body to the wing ; head, gold 

 thread. This is my own pattern of dressing this fly, and 

 a very good one I consider it to be. The fly is a first-rate 

 general fly, and should be kept of all sizes, as it will kill 

 large lake and river trout or sea trout, as well as salmon, 

 if regulated in size. The smaller patterns may be made 

 with single jungle-cock feathers, a trifle more teal being 

 added. It is one of the best flies that can be used on the 

 Spey and Tay. Some persons, however, dress it purely 

 with a teal wing ; it is good anyhow. 



TheNamsen. There is not a prettier body made than 

 the Namsen boasts of. It is a great favourite of mine. 

 Tag, silver twist ; tail, one topping, some red parrot, and 

 pintail sprigs ; body roughish, two turns of bright yellow 

 pig's wool merged into deep orange, and that into medium 

 red claret, and that again into bright medium (or inclining 

 to darkish) blue ; the upper part of the claret and the 

 blue tied in roughly for picking out, the blue the longest, 

 of course ; silver tinsel with gold thread beside it ; longish 

 black hackle on shoulder; wing, slips of dark turkey, 

 bright bustard, bittern wing, red, blue, and greenish- 

 dyed swan ; head black. Size, from 4 or 5 to 9 or 1 0. 



The Popham. This is a peculiar species of fly, and, in 



