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and two more of blue pig's wool, over this silver tinsel and gold twist 

 side by side ; a red claret hackle, commencing from the orange wool ; 

 the blue wool picked out in longish fibres at the shoulder, over this a 

 bustard hackle, then the wing, and over that a yellow hackle ; the 

 wing is composed of a white ribbed snipe's feather, with longish tippet 

 on either side, over this bustard and gold pheasant tail in strips, with 

 red, blue, and greenish-yellow fibres, and over all topping ; black 

 head. 



THE DUN WING- -tail, one topping and sprigs of tippet ; body, light 

 orange, red -claret, darkish blue and black pig's wool in about equa 

 portions merging into each other ; broadish silver tinsel ; black hackle 

 down to the red wool, a few fibres of the blue wool picked out at 

 breast ; wings, two strips from the dun brown feather sometimes found 

 in the tail of a turkey. 



THE CANDLESTICK MAKER body, lower half black silk, upper black pig's 

 wool, very bushy towards the shoulder and picked out at the breast ; 

 hackle, golden olive, with claret at the shoulder ; broad silver tinsel 

 over ; tail, scarlet ibis and woodcock ; wing, three or four toppings, with 

 doubled jungle cock on either side. 



THE SILVER WILKINSON tag, gold twist ; tail, golden pheasant topping ; 

 butt, scarlet wool ; body, silver tinsel, ribbed with gold twist ; hackle, 

 pale blue run down body ; throat, jay ; wings, fibres of golden pheasant 

 tail, bustard, widgeon, golden pheasant tippet, dyed red swan, topping 

 over all ; horns, blue macaw ; head, scarlet wool, 



THE LUPUS tag, gold twist and blue floss ; tail, one topping, two Indian 

 crow, and one wood duck barred feather ; butt, green peacock's herl ; 

 body, oval silver with gold twist ; pale claret body hackles ; dark claret 

 shoulder hackles, with blue jay over ; ivings, green peacock, two 

 Amherst pheasant toppings, slips of bustard and jungle cock ; cheeks, 

 blue chatterer ; ribs, macaw, blue and red. This has been successful 

 in the late season, especially in heavy water. 



LORD RANDOLPH tag, silver twist and pale blue floss ; tail, one topping 

 and two Indian crows ; butt, black ostrich herl ; body, gold tinsel, ribbed 

 with silver twist ; golden hackle over the body ; shoulder, golden olive, 

 with blue hackle over ; wings, nine or ten toppings ; blue chatterer 

 cheeks and macaw ribs. This fly has been very successful, and is 

 intended to imitate a shrimp. 



THE BLUE DOCTOR tag, three or four turns of fine silver twist and two 

 or three turns of yellow floss silk ; tail, golden pheasant topping and a 

 few fibres of golden pheasant tippet ; butt,, a turn or two of scarlet 

 crewel ; body, pale blue floss silk, ribbed with silver tinsel and blue 

 hackles wound by the side of tinsel from tail to head, blue jay's feather 



