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also, which traverse a hilly district are not 

 so much infested with weeds as those of the 

 plains, and which frequently endanger the 

 angler's tackle as much as the weight of a 

 trout. A single stout hair for the end and 

 drop-fly will in most places be sufficiently 

 strong ; and in deep pools, where larger 

 trout may be expected to rise, and where the 

 stream flows rather rapidly with a ruffled sur- 

 face, thus requiring stronger tackle, fine gut 

 should be used in preference to a link of two 

 or three hairs. Where the water is clear 

 and shallow, more than two flies should 

 never be used, with the dropper about two 

 feet and a half or three feet from the end fly. 

 A red hackle used as a dropper, with a small 

 dun-fly on the stretcher the wings of the 

 feather of a dotterel's wing, and the body 

 formed of brown mohair with a little dark 

 green floss, and ribbed with brown silk 

 will in general do execution in moderately 

 warm and clear weather. A darker fly, with 

 the wings formed of the feather of a starling, 



