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of the golden pheasant at the head, and feelers 

 of blue and yellow macaw ; a black head ; a 

 tip of gold at the tail, a tag of blue, another of 

 orange floss and black ostrich, a good sized 

 topping in the tail, and at its root a tuft of red 

 spear feather of the golden pheasant rump ; 

 there is about half an inch body at the tail 

 end, made of yellow mohair, and yellow hackle 

 over it, ribbed with gold, the remainder of the 

 body is made of puce floss silk, with a dark 

 wine-purple hackle struck over it, ribbed with 

 silver twist and flat gold, and a yellow body 

 feather of the macaw rolled round the shoulder. 

 The hook, No. 2 or 3, large Salmon size. 



SPKING FLIES. 



The following fine large flies will be excellent 

 killers in the Shannon, the Tweed, the Thurso, 

 the Spey, and the Tay, in the spring season. 

 The bodies to be made small, the wings large. 



No. 1. The body is made of sky blue floss 

 silk, ribbed with broad silver tinsel, tip of 

 silver, and orange tag; a dark blue hackle 

 from the tail up ; two toppings in the tail, a 



