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topping ; body, copper-red floss ; medium silver tinsel ; 

 hackle, medium olive, bustard hackle at shoulder ; wing, 

 florican and gallina, with dirty red and yellow fibres, 

 brown mallard over, and a few gallina fibres over that ; 

 blue macaw ribs ; black head. 



No. 3. Tag, gold twist, burnt sienna floss ; tail, tippet 

 and gallina fibres, thin ; but, black ostrich ; body, one 

 quarter medium orange floss, three quarters black floss ; 

 silver tinsel and greenish-olive hackle, one turn of yellow- 

 ish olive at shoulder ; wing, orange-yellow and dirty red 

 fibres, with a few blue macaw, slips of bustard, a bit of 

 silver mottled turkey or peacock in the middle; blue 

 macaw ribs ; black head. Hooks from 6 to 8. 



THE BRORA. 



The Brora is a river which has for many years remained 

 in the same hands, and as little is known about it by the 

 public, no doubt the renters have a pretty good thing, and 

 are wise enough to keep the knowledge of their sport to 

 themselves. 



Patterns from Snowie. 



No. 1 . Tag, silver twist, and gold-coloured floss ; tail, 

 one topping ; body, gold-coloured floss two turns, medium 

 brown mohair ; silver tinsel ; longish fibred black hackle 

 (only on shoulder) ; wing, a strip of peacock stained yellow, 

 gold pheasant tail, sprigs of tippet, strips of teal on either 

 side, a topping over all. 



No. 2. Tag, silver tinsel and orange floss ; tail, a top- 

 ping ; but, black ostrich ; body, half orange floss and half 

 black mohair ; hackle, gallina only at shoulder ; under 

 wing, a bit of tippet (longish), orange-yellow and claret 

 strips of swan, gold pheasant tail, mallard, pintail, a top- 

 ping over all short jungle-cock on either cheek ; blue 

 macaw ribs; black head. 



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