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No. 1. Body brown claret colour, mixed 

 with the fur of hare's ear, ribbed with silver 

 twist, a short black hackle, wings rather light 

 brown mallard, and a black head. Hook, 

 Green Drake size, or No. 6. 



No. 2. A black body, tipped with orange 

 silk, ribbed with silver twist, a black hackle, 

 and dark brown turkey tail wings. Hook 

 No. 6 or C, varied with blue body and black- 

 red hackle. 



No. 3. A blue dun body, a dun hackle 

 ribbed with silver twist, tail two fibres of mal- 

 lard, and grey mallard for wings. Hook C, or 

 No. 6. A fly with an olive body, and one with 

 yellow and mallard wings> are good. These 

 flies will be found great killers where the fish 

 are plentiful, with a good ripple on the water, 

 and would do admirably on the. Dee and Don, 

 at Aberdeen. 



