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has very kindly been furnished by Mr. John Forrest's 

 brother, Mr. W. T. Forrest of Kelso. He tells us 

 the tale as it was told to him by his father, Mr. 

 George Forrest, on August 20th, 1907. It is : 



Jock Scott, fisherman to Lord John Scott of Kirkbank, 

 brother of the Duke of Buccleuch, made a fly for his lordship 

 on his going to Norway some fifty years ago about the year 1860. 

 At that time it had no name. When Lord John Scott died Jock 

 Scott was out of a job, and my grandfather asked him to make 

 some flies for him as a means of making a livelihood, until he 

 could get a job. One day he brought in about a dozen and a half. 

 A few days afterwards Robert Honeyman, fisherman at Bemer- 

 syde, came into my grandfather's shop and told him there were 

 some salmon in his water, which could be seen from the bank. 

 Would he come up and try for them ? My grandfather agreed 

 to go, and picked out two or three of the flies which Jock Scott 

 had made. He started to fish, and Honeyman saw three fish 

 take the fly, and my grandfather safely landed all three. 



He was so pleased that he turned to Honeyman and said : 

 " Well this is one of the best bits of sport I have ever had, and 

 this fly was originally made by Jock Scott for Lord John Scott, 

 so we will have to call it the ' Jock Scott,' " and as the Jock 

 Scott it has been known ever since. Every gentleman who went 

 to Bemersyde after that fished with the Jock Scott. 



THE FLY AND THE FISH 



The theory of fly-dressing has received a powerful 

 new incentive in recent years by the under-water 

 photographic studies of Dr. Francis Ward of Ipswich. 

 This gentleman constructed an observation chamber 

 below the level of a clear pool with a glass window 

 through which he could observe the appearance of 

 fish, flies, etc., from the point of view of one of the 

 creatures which dwell below the water. His con- 

 clusions, which are of very great interest, are set 



