286 SALMON AND TROUT. 
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. 
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 me—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 
