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twist for small, and tinsel for larger flies ; a black hackle 

 on half the body, and gallina (the large spotted feather) 

 at the shoulder. In small flies I make the wing simply of 

 a slip of teal ; in larger ones I add doubled, or a long and 

 short jungle cock on either side of it as well ; and a small 

 teal or black partridge feather for the under wing. You 

 may add a topping if you like. This fly runs from some- 

 thing above medium size down to sea trout size. It is a 

 good sea and lake trout fly also. 



THE ORANGE AND GROUSE. This is a capital Irish fly, 

 and will kill in more places than Ireland. Tail, a topping 

 and small kingfisher feather ; body, orange coloured floss 

 silk, with a turn or two of lake floss at the tail end ; silver 

 tinsel ; hackle, grouse with a bit of blue jay at shoulder. 

 The hackle is usually clipped on the breast, and left long 

 for the wing ; but I do not like this plan, and prefer a 

 wing of brown turkey of the same colour as the grouse 

 hackle, with one topping, and blue macaw points. You 

 may vary the blue jay at shoulder with any other colour ; 

 a long fibred black heron hackle, with a coch-y-bonddhu, 

 instead of grouse, makes a good change, and you may put 

 a bit of tippet in for an under wing. , This fly should be 

 dressed from a small medium size down to sea trout. The 

 orange must not be too deep a red. 



THE CLARET. This Jfly is sometimes called the fiery 

 brown. The colour of the body may be varied from a sort 

 of brownish claret to reddish and almost to plum colour. 

 The reddish or ordinary claret is the best, however. Tail, 

 a topping ; body, claret mohair, or seal's fur, with two or 

 three turns of orange floss at the tail ; gold twist ; a dirty 

 reddish claret hackle (a darker one for the darker bodies), 

 with a black hackle at the shoulder ; vary this with a blue 

 jay ; wing, a golden pheasant tippet feather for under 



