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ing qualities both in Scotland and Ireland, and 

 in the Thames as a trout fly. The wings are 

 composed of two wood-duck feathers wanting 

 the white tips, and two strips of the same kind 

 of feather with white tips ; the head is made of 

 peacock harl ; the tail is two or three strips of 

 hen pheasant tail, with a short tuft of red 

 orange macaw body feather or parrot, tipped 

 with silver, and gold ribbing over the body, 

 which is formed of claret pig hair, over which 

 roll two- richly dyed claret hackles, struck in 

 fine proportion from the tail up. The hook 

 No. 6 or 10. It is a capital fly in lakes for 

 large trout, as a breeze or gentle gale only 

 causes a ripple, and a strong wind does not do 

 so well in lakes with the fly, as it makes waves, 

 although good for a large size minnow. 



No. 5. A brown fly, a general favorite among 

 the " old ones," on every salmon river in Ire- 

 land and Scotland, particularly the latter, and 

 in rivers a good way up from the sea, on a dark 

 day, with a good breeze blowing up the stream. 

 The following fly, No. 6, may be used in a 

 similar manner. The wings are made of the 

 golden pheasant tail that has tlie long clouded 

 ^ bar in the feather, rather full, and two rather 



