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It is hardly necessary to say that the utmost triumph of two essential 

 qualities, namely, harmony and proportion, is admirably illustrated in 

 this one of the most popular fancy patterns ever designed by man. 



It is only just possible to find a river or a catch, be it in pools, 

 streams, rapids, or flats, shaded or exposed to the light of day, in which a 

 " Jock Scott," when dressed properly, has not made for itself a splendid 

 reputation. Eemembering what has been urged in these pages with 

 regard to judging at the riverside which kind of fly is best for the time 

 being, we shall find that no pattern illustrates my theories so perfectly 

 and so satisfactorily as this one. 



But it should be borne in mind that orange silk (too often used 

 instead of yellow) even closely coiled on the hook, once saturated, always 

 turns a dirty brown shade, intensified in many cases by the roughly 

 waxed tying-silk underneath. That colour is not only objectionable, but 

 undesirable, the material features of the fly in this instance being 

 altogether robbed of both beauty and effect while doing duty in clear 

 water and bright weather. 



The only correct account of the life and exploits of the inventor 

 appeared in the Field 18th February, 1893, over the signature of "Punt 

 Gun," a gentleman who knew " Jock " intimately as a Fisherman on the 

 Tweed. " Every word," says the writer of it in a recent letter to me, " was 

 taken from his own life, or the writings of his son and family. I was 

 very fond of him ; and it was a labour of love to me to write all I knew 

 of the poor old fellow." 



The interesting biography concluded with these words: "With 

 ' Jock's ' death has passed away another link with old days, when to be a 

 sportsman was, at any rate, to be a man. . . May he rest in peace." 



JOHN CAMPBELL. G.S. 



(WEIGHT.) 



TAG. Silver twist and orange silk. 

 TAIL. A topping. 

 BUTT. Black herl. 



