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former shades. The ends must be shorn off as 

 before directed, and will not lose their dye by 

 washing in water. With these furs, we must have 

 gold and silver twist, of various sizes and thick- 

 ness, and some gold and silver tinsel flattened 

 will be often serviceable. As regards feathers, 

 we have for making winged flies (which I how- 

 ever seldom or never use in small rapid streams) 

 the woodcock, the starling, the wren, the pheasant 

 wing, and tail of cock and hen, blackbird and 

 thrush, snipe, partridge, lark, and the tail feathers 

 of a peacock, a large supply of which should be 

 obtained, as a great variation in colour may be 

 observed in the feathers of this bird ; some have 

 a greenish tinge and are little used by me ; some 

 are copperish, and less frequently employed ; but 

 others have a bright golden lustre, sobering down 

 to a rich red black, and these of all others I 

 prefer. Peacocks' feathers and woodcock's wing 

 are the only necessary feathers here named ; the 

 others it is as well to have by one in case of our 

 going on the large quiet river, but for rapid 

 fishing, the winged fly is seldom required. Our 

 supply of silk must be copious ; of colours for 

 fly-making, the yellow is most adapted, and the 

 lighter shades of straw most required. For tying 

 on hooks for worm-fishing, a quiet purple is ap- 

 plicable, but the yellow answers very well. For 

 tying on hooks for dabbing, the purple alone 

 will answer, as the yellow soon by the rubbing 

 of the insects loses its wax, and forms a contrast 

 in colour to the natural tinge of the beetle. Then 



