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cinnamon coloured turkey, or brown speckled turkey, or 

 peacock wing, or (and this is a modern innovation) mixed, 

 of gold pheasant tail and ruff, bustard, wood duck, and 

 dyed swan. These flies may be dressed of any size, from 

 three inches long down to sea trout size. With the black 

 and yellow body, coch-y-bonddhu hackle, and brown turkey 

 wing, I beat every fly I could put on the Usk last autumn, 

 killing every fish I did kill with it, though I used many 

 other flies. It is now called there the Usk Francis, 

 though the fly is as old as the hills, or at least as salmon 

 fishing. 



THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. A capital Irish fly 

 first introduced on the Moy, but now much used also in 

 Scotland, where it kills well. Tail a topping, black ostrich 

 over ; body, two turns of orange floss, the rest of black 

 floss ; gold tinsel ; light orange hackle all the way down 

 with blue jay at shoulder ; wing dark brown mallard, one 

 topping, blue macaw ribs; dark purple head. From 

 medium to sea trout size. 



THE CHILDEES. This is another capital Scotch fly. I 

 never did a great deal with it, but that is because I have 

 used it but little. On all the northern rivers, however, it is 

 indispensable. Tail a topping with some teal and tippet 

 fibres ; body yellow, orange, and dark reddish lake (it is a 

 difficult colour to describe) pig's wool ; broad gold tinsel ; 

 a reddish claret hackle and lightish blue or jay at the 

 shoulder ; wing darkish turkey, bustard, and gold pheasant 

 tail, with dyed swan fibres, various. From above medium 

 size down to grilse. 



THE RANGER. There are two Kangers, the black and 

 blue. The first has a topping for tail. Body two or three 

 laps of bright yellow floss, then bright red and black pig's 

 wool ; silver twist and tinsel ; or dark blue hackle with 



