PRACTICAL FLY FISHING 



which attract the notice of good fish. A party 

 of gentlemen, who made Selkirk their head- 

 quarters for about a month, many years ago, took 

 a great quantity of fish with this fly in Tweed, 

 Ettrick, Yarrow, St. Mary's, and Meggat. They 

 made it in many ways; the following was 

 esteemed the best. Hook 2 or 3 ; wing from 

 the tail of a hen Pheasant, or the quill of a 

 Partridge ; hackle dappled, or cuckoo-coloured 

 (prevailing colours, light-blue dun and tawny 

 yellow). Silk, generally primrose, but some- 

 times chocolate. 



On the Dove, it is called the Turkey-fly, and 

 winged from the quill of a Turkey-hen, or 

 Turkey-poult, and hackled with a light, meally 

 dun cock's or hen's hackle. 



THE LESSER MARCH BROWN. 



This fly is not much more than half the size 

 of the last. It is generally made as a hackle, 

 with a feather taken from the back of the cock 

 Partridge, in November or December, which is 

 then beautifully and regularly speckled. Hook 

 i or 2 ; silk mahogany colour ; and a little 

 coarse claret-coloured dubbing, of mohair. 



THE GRANAM OR GREEN-TAIL 



is an early fly, generally seen the first warm 

 days of April, and is very fond of sunshine. 

 Sometimes it is so numerous that the water 

 appears as if a quantity of chaff had been 

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