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with gold or yellow silk; tail of two long fibres from a 
coarse red cock’s hackle; legs a red cock’s hackle, carried 
down over all the body ; wings of the hen-pheasant’s tail- 
feather, or of the gray goose wing-feather. Hook No. 6. 
Tue Marcu-Brown, fig. 14.—This fly is made of two 
sizes; one on hook No. 7, the other on No. 11 or 12. 
The body is of brown floss-silk; tail of two long fibres of 
the red cock’s hackle; legs of brown cock’s hackle; wings 
of a woodcock’s feather. 
Tuz Rep Spinner, jig. 15, is tied on hook No. 7. 
Body of red mohair, sometimes ribbed with gold; tail of 
two fibres of a red cock’s hackle; legs of the same hackle; 
wings of a brown mallard’s feather. 
Tux Winexp-Larva of Mr. Blacker, fig. 16, resem- 
bles thé green drake in all but the body, which is pro- 
longed separately from the hook by means of a couple of 
hog’s bristles, which are tied in with it and the tail-hairs, 
and extend about a quarter of an inch beyond the. bend. 
The silk or dubbing is then carried from the shank to the 
bristles; and thus the fly has the appearance of a long 
body. The legs are often made with a dyed feather of the 
mallard’s back, used as a hackle. 
Exrra .Trovt-Fi1us.—Those given in the preceding 
paragraphs will suffice for all common purposes; but they 
may be varied ad infinitum by the angler to suit particu- 
lar localities. If, however, he makes himself perfect in 
the manufacture and use of these, and has the stock 
of materials necessary for fly-making, it will be at all 
times easy for him to extend his list, either by imitating 
the prevalent natural fly, or that which is successfully 
