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A fly, with a fiery brown floss silk body, m 

 black ostrich tag, hackle of the same colour as 

 body, rib of gold, tail of topping, mallard, 

 golden pheasant tail, neck, and red rump 

 feathers mixed, a blue jay or small guinea hen 

 feather at the shoulder, hook No. 9, or B in 

 low water. 



A blue body, blue jay over it, tag of orange 

 floss, topping for tail, the hackle to be made 

 full by another jay at the shoulder, under which 

 roll a piece of orange pig-hair and pick it out 

 well through the jay ; the wings to be mixed 

 ones with a topping in the centre ; scarlet 

 macaw feelers, and black head ; hook No. 9 and 

 B ; rib the body with silver tinsel, and let it 

 be the same colour as the jay. 



These with Nos. 1, 3, 4, and 5, in the plates 

 of flies for salmon will be found excellent. 

 No. 11 is a good one; and a fly made with 

 black silk body ribbed with silver twist, a very 

 small topping in the tail, mixed with a sprig 

 or two of guinea hen and Ibis, a small guinea 

 hen hackle over the body and cut slantingly 

 underneath the body to be longer at the shoul- 

 der, and a black or peacock head with a small 

 ^ blue jay round it; wings mixed with dark 



