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very clear both in the Awe and Orchy, single gut must always 

 be used." 



No. 4. The Canary. This fly is more often called the 

 " Goldfinch," and I mention the fact, as another fly has already 

 been saddled with the same appellation. I have given one 

 Goldfinch dressing, but as there is some variety in this, I give 

 the Colonel's as well. 



Tag, gold tinsel and gold-coloured floss ; tail, a topping, and 

 short yellow toucan feather ; butt, black ostrich ; body, gold 

 tinsel, in two joints, divided by two turns of black ostrich 

 herl, with short yellow toucan feathers, tied in at the joints 

 for hackles, as in the fashion of the Popham. Those at the 

 breast increase a size larger of course ; head, black ostrich ; 

 wings, five or six toppings, with blue macaw ribs. Of this, 

 the Colonel says : " Good either for Awe or Orchy, particularly 

 when the water is low " ; and he concludes, " the above four 

 flies are the only ones I ever use, and I find that I kill as many 

 fish as my neighbours, sometimes more ; when they fail to 

 start a fish you may go home." 



I have also half a dozen patterns of flies for the Awe from 

 Malcolm Macnicol, of Dalmally, who is the tyer of flies for all 

 that part of the country. Malcolm is a first-rate hand either 

 with rod and gaff or dubbing and feather. They are all sober 

 flies, in black and grey coats. 



No. i. Tag, silver thread, and one turn of orange floss ; 

 tail, a small topping ; body, black mohair ; black hackle ; 

 medium silver tinsel ; wings, strips of silver-grey mottled 

 turkey, or in default a bit of good bright peacock might do. 



No. 2 is similar, save that at the tail end of the body there 

 is one turn of light yellow mohair, and the wings are strips of 

 bluish black from a heron's wing. 



No. 3 consists of a Blue Doctor, with a good-sized Indian 

 crow feather for tail ; body and hackle darkish shade of blue, 

 and a silver-grey mottled turkey or peacock wing. 



No. 4 is very much of a Highlander body and hackle. The 

 tag is silver thread and blue floss ; tail, tippet and some fibres 

 from a claret hackle ; body, two turns of yellow pig's wool, 

 the rest of darkish pea-green floss ; hackle, lightish yellow- 

 green ; silver tinsel ; wing, speckled brown turkey, grey 

 towards the tips. 



No. 5. Tag, silver thread ; tail, a bit of orange mohair 

 and teal ; body, two turns of medium pea-green floss, and the 

 rest of bright medium blue mohair, a few fibres of light claret 



