THE DEE AND CREE. 347 



THE KIRCUDBRIGHTSHIRE DEE. 



The Ciee 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 tin- 

 sel, black hackle, and two slips of swallow-tailed gled for 

 wings. The flies are not large, the ordinary grilse size and 

 smaller. 



Mr. Herbert Maxwell, of Monreith, has sent me an 

 account of the Wigton rivers, with patterns of flies ; and 

 his remarks are so clear and to the purpose that I append 

 them. 



THE CREE AND ITS TRIBUTARY THE MINNICK. 



6 These are both good spring rivers. 



' No. 1. Tail, a small topping and tuft of red parrot ; 

 body, yellow-orange merging into scarlet and claret for 

 half the body ; the upper half black pig's wool, dressed 

 roughish ; hackle brown-red, with plenty of black hackle 

 on shoulder ; thin gold tinsel doubled ; wing, turkey dun 

 with lightish tips. 



* No 2. Tail and body and tinsel as before; lower hackle 

 as before, shoulder hackle lightish medium blue ; wing, 

 slips of brown mallard. 



6 No. 3. Tail and tinsel as before ; body, dark cinnamon 

 brown (darker than "cinnamon) ; hackle the same shade, 

 shoulder hackle black ; wing, brown mallard. 



'These are the standard flies, sizes from 8 to 12 in 

 your Limerick scale. They are varied, and I think improved 

 by a topping over, or small tippet feather under the wing. 

 The fish are numerous but small ; most weigh about lOlb. 

 The Butchers and Doctors kill well, and small dark 

 clarets. 



