320 MR. SCROPE'S SALMON FLIES. 



Toppy ; wings, black feather from a turkey's 

 tail, tipped with white ; head, crimson wool ; 

 body, black bullock's hair ; end of body, crimson 

 wool ; tail, yellow wool ; body, black cock's 

 hackle ; end of body, small piece of red cock's 

 hackle. 



Michael Scott; wings, mottled feather from 

 the back of a drake ; head, yellow wool, with a 

 little hare's fur next to it ; body, black wool ; 

 end of the body, fur from the hare's ear ; next to* 

 the hare's ear crimson wool ; tail, yellow wool ; 

 round the body, black cock's hackle ; end of the 

 body, red cock's hackle ; round the body, gold 

 twist spirally. These two last flies should be 

 dressed of a moderate size. The latter one 

 Mr. Scrope calls " a most killing wizard." 



Meg with the muckle mouth. Wings, from the 

 tail of a brown turkey ; head, crimson wool ; body, 

 yellow silk ; end of body, crimson wool ; tail, 

 yellow or orange wool ; round the tail, red cock's 

 hackle ; round the body, gold twist, and over it 

 hackle mixed with colour as above. 



Meg in her braws. Wings, light-brown from 

 the wing of a bittern ; head, yellow wool ; next 

 the head, mottled blue feather from a jay's wing ; 

 body, brown wool mixed with bullock's hair ; 

 towards the end of the body, green wool, and next 

 to that crimson wool; tail, yellow wool; round 

 the body, gold twist ; over that a large furnace- 

 hackle. These two last flies should be dressed 



