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it ; blue macaw ribs ; dark purple head. Hooks from 

 Nos. 7 to 10. 



No. 2. The Orange and Grouse. Tag, silver tinsel; 

 tail, a topping and kingfisher feather ; but, black ostrich ; 

 body, three turns of lake floss, and the rest of light orange 

 floss; silver tinsel; hackle, longish grouse, trimmed on 

 the breast, not on the back, three or four toppings over it 

 for wing ; blue jay (sparely) at shoulder ; blue macaw 

 ribs ; and black head. The grouse fibres help the wing. 

 This and the last are good general flies, and most of the 

 Moy flies are more or less generally useful patterns. 

 Hooks No* 10 to 12. 



No. 3. Tag, silver tinsel ; tail, a topping ; body, two 

 turns of buff floss, the rest of lake floss ; silver tinsel ; 

 medium orange hackle, blue jay at shoulder ; wing, a 

 tippet and two spare cock of rock feathers, fine strips of 

 black partridge and gold pheasant tail, a topping over ; 

 blue macaw ribs ; purple head. Hooks Nos. 8 to 10. 



No. 4. Tag, gold tinsel ; tail, a topping ; but, black 

 ostrich ; body, two turns of buff floss, the rest of copper- 

 coloured floss ; gold tinsel ; gallina hackle, trimmed on 

 the breast, not on back, blue jay at shoulder (moderate) ; 

 wing, two or three thin cock of rock and reddish toucan 

 feathers, sprigs of tippet and gold pheasant tail, and brown 

 mallard, one topping; iblue macaw ribs; purple head. 

 Hooks Nos. 9 and 10. 



These are standard flies, and the sizes are chiefly 

 for grilse. But I sent to Pat Hearns for some of the 

 newest patterns lately, the fishing on the Moy having 

 much altered since the first edition of this work was 

 written. The opening of the weir has made a good deal 

 of difference ; for whereas formerly the best fishing by 

 far was below the weir in moderately shallow water very 

 small flies were used. Now, however, the best fishing is 

 higher up the river, where the water is heavier and deeper 

 and the flies are a size or two larger. 



