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course these furs, like all others, ought to be 

 gathered while the animal has its winter coat 

 on. 



The long tuft feathers on the head of the lapwing 

 make a first-rate hackle for this, or for any low-water 

 fly, as the feather is long enough to lap often round, 

 and very fine and short in the bristle. A wing from 

 the bright mottled feathers of the drake is the best 

 adapted for this body, taking those of the lighter 

 shade for the heavier water, and darker struck ones 

 as the water Mis into clearness, until on the smallest 

 summer fly you may prefer a clear brown woodcock 

 wing, which, from an old bird, is decidedly preferable 

 to that from a younger one. But, as the woodcock 

 wing will answer only a very small salmon fly, apply to 

 the bittern, or to a beautiful, dark, drake back-feather 

 for wing. 



I recommend here nothing but what I have per- 

 sonally proven to my full satisfaction. 



SIXTH FLY, OR THE MAULE FLY. 



My sixth fly I will distinguish by calling it the 

 Maule fly, which, though not much different from 

 my first fly, yet is in some points peculiar \ and 

 principally in this, that Mr Maule hardly ever used 

 any but this one kind, only varying the size of it 



