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black and Soldier palmers, the black gnat, small March 

 brown, blue and yellow duns, sand fly, with the partridge 

 and grouse hackles, will kill from year's end to year's 

 end. 



For lakes I give a few flies which, with a slight variation, 

 will kill all over the country. The bodies are nearly all 

 crewel, or pig's wool, and the standard colours are red, 

 yellow, orange, claret, black, and green, some of them 

 ribbed with gold, and some with silver twist. The 

 hackles commonly wedded to these are red, black, coch-y- 

 bonddhu, and grouse, no others being used; the wings 

 are teal, mallard, woodcock, and jay's wing, or a bit of 

 black wild duck with a white tip. One of the best Scotch 

 flies is known as 



The Heckum-peckum. The body is scarlet or lemon 

 crewel, ribbed with silver twist and red hackle, and the 

 black feather with a white tip from the wild mallard for 

 wing. 



The same body and hackle, with either teal or brown 

 mallard, make an excellent fly. A green body, with a 

 grouse or black hackle, with a teal or mallard wing, and 

 gold twist is good. 



Yellow or orange bodies, with gold tinsel, red hackles, 

 and woodcock wing are also excellent. 



Black bodies, silver twist, black hackles, and teal wing 

 slaughter many. 



Claret bodies, black hackle and jay, or teal, or wood- 

 cock wing, make a serviceable change. The March brown 

 and hare's ear, and hare's ear and yellow are also very 

 useful on lakes. These flies should be kept of two or 

 even three sizes for favourites, to suit deep or shallow, 

 rough, or smooth, the largest about a No. 6, down to 

 No. 8. 



