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in and picked out ; this at the first joint is light blue, at 

 the second medium claret, at the third orange, and the 

 head of the fourth on the shoulder is yellow, picked out 

 to answer for a hackle : over this is a short orange hackle, 

 the main fibre of which is well covered by the but of the 

 wing and the head, which latter is of blue wool ; wing 

 slices of gold pheasant tail: bustard and turkey and 

 sprigs of green, pink, and orange swan, and dark turkey 

 dyed red. It will be seen, if examined, that there is 

 nothing in the composition of this fly which can be cut. 

 The but is of wool or crewel, as is also the head ; the body 

 is almost solid ; the pig's wool at the joints may be chewed, 

 but cannot be destroyed. The only hackle is at the 

 shoulder, and that, as I have said, is well protected. The 

 kelts may do their worst with it. It is almost, if not 

 quite, impervious. It kills well also on the Helmsdale. 

 I had the pattern of Farlow. As it is only for heavy 

 spring waters, it is dressed large. 



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Is a very fine river, often showing excellent sport. In 

 the spring the salmon are seldom found above the falls, but 

 as the summer gets on, the higher reaches become better 

 stocked. This river was for many years in the hands of 

 my poor old friend Andrew Young, whose name is so well 

 known in the history of the salmon. Since his death it 

 has been let out in rods, or to private hands. 



Patterns from Snowie. 



No. 1 . Tag, gold tinsel and orange floss ; tail, one top- 

 ping ; but, black ostrich her] ; body, two or three turns 

 of gold-coloured floss, half yellow and half bright claret- 

 red pig's wool ; black hackle, light claret at shoulder ; 

 under wing a tippet, strips of peacock, gold pheasant 



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