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THE LUNE. 



Mr. Naylor of Keighly sent me these patterns, having 

 procured them from a gentleman who lives on the banks 

 of the river and regularly fishes it and very successfully. 

 The Lune is a latish river for angling, owing to the nets 

 and obstructions. It would be one of our finest English 

 rivers if fairly treated. The late Mr. Fennell expressed 

 a high opinion of its capabilities. The flies are charac- 

 teristic, being all of the same stamp, with darkish turkey 

 wings and no toppings. 



No. 1. Tag, gold tinsel ; tail, a shred of tippet; body, 

 bright orange floss ; moderate gold tinsel ; hackle, deep red 

 orange all up, with gallina at shoulder ; wing, a wad of 

 brown speckled turkey about the shade of a brown spec- 

 kled hen or the feather in the pea-hen's back. 



No. 2. Tag, gold tinsel ; tail, the point of a small 

 orange-yellow hackle, and a little bit of ibis ; body, half 

 darkish blue floss and half claret pig's wool ; moderate 

 gold tinsel ; hackle, claret all up, with a brickdusty-red 

 hackle at shoulder ; wing as before. 



No. 3. Tag and tail as before ; body, darkish lake floss, 

 almost a carbuncle colour ; moderate gold tinsel ; hackle, 

 coch-y-bondu all up, with gallina at shoulder ; wing as 

 before but a shade darker or blacker, and with an under 

 wing of a peacock's breast feather. 



No. 4. Tag, gold tinsel ; tail, a few shreds of tippet 

 and black partridge; body, a light yellow (almost lemon) 

 floss ; moderate gold tinsel ; hackle, red (almost cinna- 

 mon) all up, gallina at shoulder ; wing as in the last, but 

 with some tippet sprigs instead of peacock's breast feather. 

 Hook No. 7. 



A gentleman who lives at Halton, Mr. Parker, also 



