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4. Body of claret- coloured wool or mohair twisted 

 in with the herl of a peacock's feather, ribbed with 

 tinsel or twist; grouse hackle under the wings; head 

 of red mohair; wings of the "blue and white mottled 

 feather of a jay, with strips of "bright blue feather 

 extending a little beyond them. 



5. Body of smoky-dun coloured fur or wool and 

 black ostrich herl; tipped at head and tail with 

 bright orange; full red hackle over the body; wings 

 of a bittern's feather, with strips of red at each side. 



6. Body leaden-colour; ribbed with tinsel or bright 

 yellow silk, with a full black hackle over it; three 

 short black filaments for whisks; wings of blackish 

 green feather of a cormorant, variegated with blue 

 and green from the eye of a peacock's tail-feather; 

 red mohair for the head. 



All the above flies may be dressed on hooks No. 1 

 to 4, and varieties of the three last maybe dressed by 

 blending dubbing of different shades, and varying 

 the shade of the hackle and wings. According to 

 the size that salmon run in the water where the an- 

 gler is fishing, and the facility afforded by the banks 

 of the river for killing a fish, he must suit the 

 strength of his link. In comparatively small pools, 

 rocky, with a strong fall of water at the head, or a 

 sudden bend, formed by a jutting rock, towards 

 which a salmon generally hastens when hooked, 

 and where strength as well as skill is required to 

 turn him, single gut will seldom avail. In such 



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