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and other furs and mohairs, may be used for the 

 body of this fly, with a hackle rolled over it, still I 

 prefer fine woolly cow hair from the flank of a dun- 

 coloured cow or outfield kyloe. This, with a little 

 gold twist rolled round the body, to give it an insect 

 appearance, and the hair picked out to fall softly in 

 a half shading over it, is, when well done, on all 

 colours of fly, better than cock hackles. The proper 

 dun colour is not easily described. It seems to par- 

 take of brown and white, a shade of red and yellow, 

 with the slightest tinge of silvery grey, and a yellow 

 tail tufted up with a speck of red. The wings are 

 best when of the same colour, or at least as nearly 

 so as possible, but prefer such as have a tendency to 

 whiteness on the top. These may best be had from 

 the tail or rump of a dun turkey, a fowl precious to 

 a Tweed salmon fisher. 



FIFTH FLY. 



The body of the fifth fly is made of the dark grey 

 fur of the hare's lug, mixed with the least quantity 

 of bright red or deep orange mohair, or rather fine 

 pig's wool (if fine pig's wool can be got with a tuft 

 of yellow), over which, at the insertion of such tail 

 or tuft, give a turn or two round of red worsted, 

 mohair, or pig's wool. No hook requires the dresser 



to be more painstaking in dubbing the body. The 

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