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interest and sportsmanlike handling with the c Old Forest 

 Ranger' and 'My Indian Journal,' both of which are 

 the productions of Colonel Campbell's pen. He sends 

 four flies. 



No. 1 is almost identical with No. 1 in the Conon 

 patterns (see p. 360). It is a common favourite, and a 

 regular trial horse in most of the Highland rivers. The 

 only difference I can discern is, that the turn of orange- 

 brown pig's wool, which commences the tail end of the 

 fly, is transferred to the shoulder, and the colours run 

 yellow, blue, and orange. The jungle-cock is also want- 

 ing ; but these are matters of no moment. The Colonel 

 says of this fly, this is ' the old legitimate Orchy and Awe 

 fly, and is considered a " great medicine" by the natives, 

 who ignore all others. It is a good fly, and is used of 

 various sizes, according to the state of the water, the 

 enclosed pattern being rather above the medium size 

 [the enclosed pattern was what I should call a largish 

 8 hook] ; but I have found the three following more 

 deadly': 



No. 2. The Indian Crow. This fly is a slight variation 

 of the Popham, the lower joint being orange-yellow, the 

 next two light blue ; the hackle light blue instead of jay ; 

 silver thread ; the joints being separated by black ostrich 

 instead of peacock herl. The Colonel says of this fly : 

 ' So called from the feathers of the Indian crow in the 

 body. I tried this fly for the first time about five years 

 ago, and have killed with it and the Butcher, No. 3, more 

 and larger fish than with any other ; a deadly fly in any 

 river on which I have tried it.' 



No. 3 is the Butcher : but no two tyers dress the 

 Butcher alike, and in this one the claret is changed to 

 bright red, the blue is medium ; the claret hackle is a 

 brown olive, with a turn of jay at the breast ; and the 

 wing is mixed of tippet and gold pheasant tail, a good 



