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Subsequently I received other flies through Mr. Brady 

 for the early spring fishing; I select two. In spring, the 

 bodies are tied roughly of pig's wool ; silk bodies come in 

 later, and comprise either orange, yellow, or green, with a 

 red hackle. 



No. 4. Tag, gold tinsel, and bright yellow pig's wool; 

 tail, a strand or two of bustard, gold pheasant tail, red 

 parrot and mallard ; body, medium blue pig's wool (dressed 

 large and rough); silver tinsel; blue jay hackle at shoulder; 

 wing, peacock herl (the blue eye of the feather forming 

 the but end of the wing) ; head, rough, and of yellow pig's 

 wool. 



No. 5. Tag, silver tinsel, and black pig's wool ; tail, 

 green peacock herl, some tippet and blue macaw ; body, 

 one-third dirty brown red, better than another third of 

 dirty olive-yellow pig's wool, the rest black ; gold tinsel ; 

 wing, peacock herl, with the eye at the but as before ; 

 head, rough, of red pig's-wool. Hooks respectively Nos. 3 

 and 4. 



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The patterns for the Nore are also from Mr. Staples. 



No. -1. Tag, silver tinsel and olive-yellow pig's wool; 

 tail, bustard, red parrot, and a topping ; body, very dark 

 purple-blue pig's wool (rather rough) ; blue jay hackle at 

 shoulder, moderate, and not too much of it ; silver tinsel ; 

 wing, a bunch of green peacock herl, with brown mallard 

 over, interspersed with a little grey mallard, stained light 

 yellow or buff, and one topping ; head, olive-yellow pig's 

 wool. 



No. 2. Tag, gold tinsel, and medium blue pig's wool ; 

 tail, blue macaw ; body, olive-yellow pig's wool, rough, 

 and picked out at the breast ; hackle, a golden olive (or 

 rather orange) with a vivid black centre, at the shoulder ; 



