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flies will answer every purpose, and I doubt very much whether 

 three better patterns can be found than those recommended in 

 the first edition of ' The Moor and the Loch.' With two of 

 these I had been familiar before I read Mr. Colquhoun's work, 

 my knowledge of the third — which has helped me to many a 

 heavy basket — I owe entirely to his pages. 



Without further preface, I will now describe six lake flies 

 which in my opinion will meet all the requirements of the 

 practical angler. They were all carefully dressed to my .patterns 

 by Mr. Charles Farlow. 



N8 2 



NS 1 



1. Brown drake wing and tail, dark red hackle, orange body. 

 This is, in fact, a ' professor ' with a warm wing. 



2. Grouse wing and tail, slate-coloured hackle, dark green 

 body. 



3. Jackdaw wing and tail, black hackle, claret-coloured body. 



4. Strongly barred black and white teal wing and tail, bright 

 red hackle, pale green body. 



[This fly — if my memory serves mc — was named ' Green-mantle ' 

 by the author of ' The Rod and Gun.'] 



These four flies — the first three being in my opinion 

 decidedly the best — I consider indispensable for loch fishing. 

 The size of the hook, the material' of the body, and the 

 amount, if any, of gold twist ribbed round the body or forming 



