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contemned), is that which we have named above, 

 Green Mantle. The wings may be made to re- 

 semble the Professor's, but for variety they may be 

 kept paler, that is undyed, and almost of a mealy 

 hue, but rayed, and the body is built of green 

 worsted rather rough and bulky. 



The two preceding flies, when paired together, 

 are sure to carry on their line, and produce between 

 them a multiplicity of fine trouts. 



LONG TOM. 



Long Tom is not so smooth a character as the 

 Professor, nor yet so rough a's Green Mantle. His 

 wings are of barred mallard, " deeply dyed," or 

 even of a blackish hue, and his body is formed of a 

 cylindrical dubbing of the woolly hair of water-rat 

 or mouse, with a couple of extended tails or setw. 

 at the end. 



SAM SLICK. 



Sam Slick is likewise a long continuous fly, with 



