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réceipt for brewing nectar as their formula. As many 
may not recollect the original, it is here given, with 
the substitution of a few words only :— 
“Twas insects fed, 
Of old ’tis said, 
Our salmon, trout, and grayling ; 
And man may brew 
His insects too, 
The rich receipt’s unfailing-— 
Take wool of pig, 
Jay’s wing a sprig, 
With these and twist be blended 
A golden fleck 
From pheasant’s neck, 
And there’s your “ clipper” splendid !” 
Of the value of productions conceived in such a 
spirit and executed on such principles it would be 
out of all reason to doubt. The Dee salmon-fiies, 
however, though originating in similar formule, lack 
the meretricious finery which fascinates the fish of 
other rivers, They are modest, unassuming creations, 
which, like “beauty unadorned,” please most. A cin- 
namon-coloured body, wings front the tail-feather of 
a gled or kite, a furnace hackle, tail, a few fibres from 
‘the larger neck-feathers of the darkest red domestic 
cock, and ribbing of fine gold twist or thread, may 
serve to give an idea of a simple and favourite lure 
of one of the best salmon-fishers I know on the Dee. 
The body of another equally successful fly by the 
