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THE FLY FISHER'S GUIDE. 



in the shade of the body, it is advised to use 

 three flies of this form, but of different sizes and 

 colours, at the same time, which will insure suc- 

 cess to the angler. 



The wings are made from the dark mottled 

 feather from the tail of a partridge, or mottled 

 feather from the ptarmigan, in its summer plum- 

 age; the body of the fur from the hare's ,ear, 

 intermixed with a small portion of yellow wor- 

 sted, well dubbed together ; a grizzled hackle for 

 legs ; and if the imitator choose to be exact, two 

 fibres from the same feather which composed the 

 wings will enable him to form the tail. This 

 appendage to the flies in their natural state need 

 not be attended to in the artificial formation, as 

 it is of little importance in aiding the success of 

 the angler, although, if flies are dressed for sale, 

 it improves their appearance, and renders them 

 more showy and attractive. It may also be 

 dressed as a hackle, by means of the spotted fea- 

 ther from a partridge's back, using the same 

 mixture for the body as before described. 



