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2. Teal wing ; black silk body, black cock's hackle from head to 

 tail, and silver thread. An excellent fly. 



3. The same with mallard wing. 



4. Mallard wing ; claret mohair body ; claret hackle (a shade or 

 two lighter) ; gold thread. This may be varied slightly and ad- 

 vantageously with a red or a black cock's hackle. 



5. Mallard wing ; fiery brown mohair body ; black hackle and 

 gold twist. 



If there be salmon about the last four flies of sea trout size will 

 often rise them. 



6. Teal wing ; orange crewel or floss body ; red hackle, gold 

 thread. 



7. Wing from jay's wing, of pale bluish tinge and darkish towards 

 the butt ; body and hackle as in No. i. 



8. Wing as in the last fly ; body, dark blue silk ; fine silver twist, 

 and black hackle. May be varied with an orange-yellow silk body, 

 and gold twist. A good sea trout fly. 



9. Wing as before ; body, hare's ear and water-rat fur mixed 

 hare's ear predominating, and picked out for legs. 



10. Body, olive mohair, with fine gold wire ribbing ; golden 

 olive hackle that is, greenish olive to appearance, but golden 

 when held up to the light ; wing, a lightish bit of jay's wing. This 

 is a celebrated fly in Ireland, where it is known as the " Golden 

 olive." It may be varied with a black hackle or a teal wing. 



I have no special belief in these fancy flies they may kill 

 or they may not. The soldier palmer is about the only fancy 

 fly I ever use on lakes, and that I rarely fish without. But I 

 generally find a March brown, a blue dun, a red spinner, an 

 August dun, a red fly, a caperer, very often a small green 

 or grey drake, and the white moth, or some well-known and 

 marked fly, kill on almost any lake as well as the best and 

 most favourite local monstrosities that can be selected ; and 

 I have fished on a great many wild lakes in Ireland, Scotland, 

 and Wales, and could nearly always do as well as my neigh- 

 bours, and often better. I generally commence with a March 

 brown and a soldier palmer and seldom want to change. If a 

 change be needed, orange and grouse, or blue dun, or black and 

 teal should do the business. 



Since the first edition of this work was published, the 

 Rev. H. Ainslie has written to me enclosing patterns of six 

 lake flies for use upon any large rough lake. These flies are 

 admirable in appearance, and are evidently the handiwork 

 of a master ; they have been well tested on many of the larger 

 Scotch lakes. From this gentleman's remarks I extract the 

 following : 



