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Mr. J. Dalrymple Hay also sent me patterns and descrip- 

 tions of flies in the Luce, but the only one which Mr. Maxwell 

 had not already sent, is thus described : 



Drake wing * (light), red and black body, with brown hackle, 

 and Mr. Hay adds, " I have seen a jungle cock feather do well 

 in heavy water late in the season." 



THE ANNAN AND NITH 



The following four patterns for the Annan were sent me 

 since the first edition of this work was published, by Mr. 

 Rowell, the fishing-tackle maker of St. Alban's Row, Carlisle, 

 who is the purveyor of all angling requisites for that district. 

 They are nicely tied, and look decidedly bloodthirsty. 



No. i Tag, silver twist ; tail, some sprigs from the saddle 

 feathers of gold pheasant ; body very rough pig's wool, a sort 

 of orange-brown at tail, merging into more and more brown, 

 until it is dark bear's-brown at shoulder ; coch y bondu hackle, 

 with plenty of black at the butt ; for the shoulder medium gold 

 tinsel ; wings, two slips of grey drake under, and two of light 

 dun turkey over. 



No. 2 is very much the same, only the body is a trifle yellower 

 at the tail ; the tail is made of tippet sprigs, and the body is 

 not so deep a brown at the shoulders. The under wing is of 

 peacock, not too bright, and the upper of dark dun turkey. 



No. 3. Tail and hackle, as in No. i ; body, bright medium 

 brown throughout ; wing, peacock brownish at the butt. All 

 these flies are rough, and well picked out with medium fine 

 gold twist, the hooks being 7 and 8. 



No. 4 is a floss silk body ; tag, gold tinsel ; tail, black par- 

 tridge or teal, and some saddle feather ; butt, black ostrich ; 

 body lower half yellow, inclining to orange, upper half dark 

 medium blue ; hackle coch y bondu, blue jay at shoulder ; 

 silver tinsel ; wing mixed pintail and teal ; tippet (dyed red) 

 a sword feather, slips of claret and orange swan, with a good 

 deal of golden pheasant tail over all. Hook No. 5. No heads 

 to these flies. 



And I had a note from Mr. Maxwell with respect to the 

 Annan and Nith, from which I extract the following : 



" Captain Stewart tells me that he always uses the different 

 varieties of dun and white tip turkey and brown mallard as 

 dressed by Jamie Wright, of Sprouston (see Tweed flies), that 



* Pintail, or the lighter mallard feathers. F. F. 



