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4. Soldier hackle Dull scarlet or light claret colour, 

 with a "bright red hackle. This and No. 3, -will generally 

 "be found useful when the water is rising or falling, 

 and before it "becomes quite turbid, after rain. 



5. Grouse hackle. Olive or cinnamon colour, red- 

 dish-brown mottled feather of the cock bird of the 

 red grouse or moor-game for hackle. 



6. Wren's tail. Black and orange colour blended; 

 hackle of the feather of a wren's tail, or one oi 

 similar colour. May be used as a dropper at all 

 times. 



7. Hare's lug. Light-coloured fur of a hare's" ear, 

 or the white herl of an ostrich feather, blended with 

 straw-coloured floss-silk; white or grey hackle over all. 

 This is of excellent use in the dusk of a summer's 

 evening, either on lake or stream. 



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WINGED FLIES. 



8. Body lemon-coloured; wings of a starling's fea- 

 ther, with whisks of the same. 



9. Body of the fur of a hare's ear, blended with 

 black; wings as the last, of a starling's feather. 



10. Body of hare's ear; mallard's wings, with red 

 hackle under them. 



11. Body olive colour, with lemon-coloured tip ; red 

 hackle over it; wings of the pheasant. 



12. Olive, cinnamon, or straw-coloured body; grouse- 



