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short, so that it Avill the bettor mix with the hare's 

 ear. This clubbing must also be tied in Avith tlie silk, 

 and the fly should be large at the shoulder. Xo 

 hackle in this specimen is required. The wings from 

 the large wing-feathers of the fieldfare, each placed 

 on separately. Fly No. 3, black hackle ; body of blue 

 wool or mohair, finished at termination with a couple 

 of turns of silver tinsel, black hackle from domestic 

 fowl for shoulder, with the wing composed of the 

 feather either from tail or wing of the Avater-hen. 

 The angler had better be provided Avith various sizes 

 of these, as rivers are not ahvays in the same condi- 

 tion, and weather is variable. For me to say that 

 other flies will not kill better on some rivers, or at 

 least equally Avell, would be absurd, but those de- 

 scribed I have found most generally useful. A hand- 

 some and frequently A^ery killing fly at times, partic- 

 ularly in blustering AA^eather, is made of the following 

 material. Body of tAvo of the longest and most rufus 

 strands of a feather from a broAvn turkey; these 

 strands to have the fingers pulled up them, so as to 

 cause the fine edges to stand out ; then Avrapped firm- 

 ly on. Shoulder of broAvn cock's hackle, Avith brown 

 grouse feather for Aving. In autumn, particularly if 

 the stream should be clearing after a flood, I have 



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