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rivers, with patterns of flies, and his remarks are so clear and 

 to the purpose that I append them. 



THE CREE AND ITS TRIBUTARY THE MINNICK 



" These are both good spring rivers (this week last year, in 

 one day, Captain Colvin Stewart had nine clean fish four 

 rods eighteen fish). 



" Flies :- 



" No. I. Tail a small topping and tuft of red parrot ; body, 

 yellow-orange merging into scarlet and claret for half the body ; 

 the upper half black pig's wool, dressed roughish ; hackle 

 brown-red, with plenty of black hackle on shoulder ; thin gold 

 tinsel doubled ; wing, turkey dun with light tips. 



" No. 2. Tail and body and tinsel as before ; lower hackle as 

 before, shoulder hackle lightish medium blue ; wing, slips of 

 brown mallard. 



" No. 3. Tail and tinsel as before ; body dark cinnamon- 

 brown (darker than cinnamon) ; hackle the same shade, 

 shoulder hackle black ; wing brown mallard. 



" These are the standard flies, sizes from 8 to 12 in your 

 Limerick scale. They are varied, and, I think, improved 

 by a topping over, or small tippet feather under the wing. 

 The fish are numerous but small, most weigh about ten pounds. 

 The Butchers and Doctors kill well, and small dark clarets. 



THE BLADENOCH 



" A fair spring river, but at no season so good as the Cree, 

 as the fish are very shy. The same flies will kill well-dressed 

 larger, but the favourite is the dun wing, as dressed by Wright, 

 of Sprouston (see Tweed, p. 256). Sizes from 4 to 6 in spring 

 down to 9 or 10 in summer. The Butcher (p. 252) is a prime 

 favourite also for spring. 



THE LUCE 



" This is a late river, but the fish run far heavier than in 

 either of the others, a twenty-pound fish being by no means a 

 rarity. My favourite fly is dressed as follows. 



" Tag, gold tinsel, tail red parrot, teal, and yellow macaw ; 

 body, yellow, orange, scarlet and claret pig's wool, dressed 

 spare ; gold thread double ; grouse hackle on shoulder ; wings, 

 red wild turkey, one topping over, hook 6 to 10. 



" Another good one is a claret body, with blue hackle on 

 shoulder, grey mallard wing, or teal for small sizes. 



