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a very pleasant manner into the broad ford 

 below ; when he returns with the boat, he pulls 

 her up the side of the stream. The Bann 

 boatmen, I must say, are very civil fellows, and 

 charge moderately for their labour and boats — 

 half-a-crown a day, pot luck, and a smoke of 

 tobacco — " an ould fly, and a gut casting line, 

 if it's no use to your honor." 



The Flies to suit the Bann are as follows : — 

 No. 1. Body claret pig hair, ribbed with 

 gold tinsel, orange tag, a topping, and a little 

 wood-duck for tail ; a dark claret hackle rolled 

 up to the shoulder, and a blue jay above it; 

 mallard wings, mixed with bustard — the dark 

 small spotted bustard feather is best for this 

 river, the light coloured for Scotland and 

 Wales — golden pheasant tail and neck, pea- 

 cock wing, wood-duck feelers of blue and 

 yellow macaw, and a black head. Hook No. 8 

 or 9. This is a great favourite. 



No. 2. Scarlet body, scarlet hackle, and 

 mallard wing, gold over body, topping for tail, 

 and one in the centre of the wings, jay at the 

 shoulder, and a black head. Hook No. 8. 

 Large for the Spring, and B, B B for June and 

 July. 



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