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side of the wings, which are of a very nice 

 mixture of Argus pheasant small spotted feather, 

 peacock wings, mallard, teal, guinea hen, kite 

 tail, pheasant tail, blue and orange macaw, 

 scarlet macaw, green parrot tails. Ibis, and 

 silver pheasant tail (the hen) ; feelers of macaw, 

 a topping over all, with the crest feather of the 

 Hymalean pheasant, and a bronze head. Hook, 

 Nos. 9 and 8. These, with the eleven flies in 

 the Plates, and No. 12, early in the Spring, 

 with the five Shannon flies, are all "first-rate 

 killers," indeed, the fourteen painted flies are 

 all capital ones for this river. 



The Trout Flies are generally the same as 

 those in the catalogue of flies for the season. 

 In the spring they run rather large, but in 

 the summer months they are used very small. 

 Olive flies of various hues are very much used, 

 and a fly with a green body and the feather off 

 the root of the landrail's wing ; another with 

 orange body, black-red hackle, and woodcock 

 wings. Hooks No. 8, in spring, Nos. 10 and 

 12, in summer. The various browns are capital 

 in the early season, and the green olive, sooty 

 olive, hare's ear and olive, brown and olive flies 

 made full in the wings, and to be longer than 



