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mine, Mr. Murdoch, — Stephen Blah*, &c. At m 

 Glasgow, some years ago, on my stay in that 

 city ; I give his name, as he used to call my 

 flies "mest noble flees," and laughed heartily 

 to see the manoeuvring of the hook in my 

 fingers. 



The body of Mr. Murdoch's fly was in joints 

 of pig hair picked out, and at the head a black- 

 red hackle ; first, there was a tip of gold, a tag 

 of yellow hair, then a joint of orange, a joint 

 of fiery brown, a joint of claret, and a joint of 

 black pig hair or mohair, spaniel hair is best ; 

 the wings a light brown turkey tail feather with 

 white tips, tied on topping a little longer than 

 the bend of the hook, a very small topping in 

 the tail. Hook No. 8 for high water. 



Mr. Murdoch was a native of Ayr, and a keen 

 fisher, and used to speak much of his angling 

 in the *' waters o' Do on." 



From Ayr, the angler may proceed to the 

 lakes of Cumberland, via Carlisle, Keswick, and 

 Bowness. 



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