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FLIES FOE MAECH. 



No. 1. The Maech Bkown. — The body is 

 made of light brown mohair, mixed with a 

 little fur of the hare's neck, and a little yellow 

 mohair, ribbed with yellow silk ; a small brown 

 partridge hackle for legs (this feather is fomid 

 on the back of the partridge), hen pheasant 

 wing feather for the wings, and two fibres of 

 the same bird's tail feather for the tail of the 

 fly. No. 8 hook. This fly is well taken by 

 the trout, and continues good till the end of 

 April. The following flies appear before the 

 March brown, but it being a great favorite, I 

 have given it first. 



No. 2. The Early Dark Dun. — The body 

 is made of water-rat's fur, mixed with a little 

 red mohair, the red more towards the head, an 

 iron-blue dun hackle for legs, and the wings of 

 water-hen or water-rail wing. No. 9 hook. 



There is another variety or two of this fly 

 that kill well in February and March, which 

 are as follows : A black red hackle, with the 

 above wings and body; a mallard wing, and 



