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Legs. A small bittern's hackle, lapped only near the 



wings ; forked tail. 

 4. Wings. From the eye of a peacock's tail, cut from 



the stem. 

 Body. Deep green mohair ; light green silk ; hook 



No. 2, or 3. 

 Legs. A white cock's hackle, dyed pale dirty green j 



or jay's striped blue and white. 

 6. Wings. A rich dark brown speckled feather from a 



bittern's wing. 

 Body. Coffee -coloured mohair, or the fur from a 



hare; coffee-coloured silk ; hook No. 1. 

 Legs. A bittern's hackle ; or a ginger game cock's ; 



tail forked. 

 6. Wings. The greenish dark shining feather from a 



drake's wing, cut off. 

 Body. Bottle-coloured mohair, silk deep chocolate. -, 



hook No. 3. 



Legs. A black cock's hackle ; or a deep copper co- 

 loured one 5 tail forked. 



The above six flies are all killing : a thousand others 

 may be made for the purpose ; which) however, will not 

 excel when put to use, but have one great fault, viz. that 

 of requiring very scarce articles. No. 1, 2, and 5, arc 

 all in common use in the Highlands, where they kill 

 " many a bra' saumon" 



The others are more appropriate to warmer waters, 

 and to brighter weather, when shewy flies are every 

 where abundant. Towards the hottest part of the sum- 

 mer, all the above flies may be made rather more gnud/ 

 thrn if the directions were implicitly followed ; and as 

 o 2 the 



