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hackle is an olive either lighter or darker. You may have 

 three shades, the wing lighter or darker as before ; this 

 runs into many shades of olive or yellow duu. The red 

 quill, plain undyed quill, with a lighter or darker red hackle, 

 wing lighter or darker as before. This will cover most of 

 the duns except the brown or hare's ear. The iron blue 

 and the little wee sky Hue or light dun, with palest prim- 

 rose body, hackle of the same, and the lightest possible 

 wing. The quill commonly used is a single harl of green 

 peacock eye stripped of its fluff. This rolls on in rings 

 nicely, and makes a lovely body. If you want to dye it 

 much a single strand from the wing of the condor an old 

 bird, it must be of a dozen years old does better, but it 

 does not strip well, and you have to pull the fluff off ; 

 adjutant does equally. You can stain these any colour. 

 The quill bodies do not absorb moisture, and float nobly, 

 and are thus a great advantage. 



GENERAL FLIES. 



The Francis may be made of any size from No. 6 to 

 No. 10. Body, peacock harl, ribbed with copper coloured 

 floss silk ; legs, blue dun hackle ; wings, two points of the 

 same (freckled). It is a very good evening and rough 

 weather fly. I have made great takes with it, and have 

 heard of others from all parts of the world. 



The Governor. A capital fly, that kills all over the 

 kingdom from May out. Body, bronze peacock harl, with 

 two turns of yellow orange floss silk at the tail ; red hackle 

 and a bit of hen pheasant wing for wings. From 6 to 10. 



The Coachman. A very useful evening fly, kills well at 

 dark in many places. Body and legs as before; wings, 

 two slips of white goose or any fine white feather. Hook 

 8 to 11. 



