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of the Ophiocepkalus. Hook No. 4, 5, or 6 Limerick, ac- 

 cording to the size of the river, though I prefer a No. 5 

 hook for general use. 



I have had a pattern sent me of a fly used for Mah- 

 seer in the north of India, which was on a No. 2 Lim- 

 erick hook, but it frightened me. 



No. 2. The Cock-o-the-walk. 



Of this fly all that K. says is, "by far the most deadly 

 "fly — indeed the only one that appears to tempt them — 

 "was Madras jungle cock feathers in the wings, if with 

 "silver body all the better." K. does not say any thing 

 about size, so I will take the liberty to suggest the same 

 as for Blackamoor, to wit a No 4, 5, or 6 Limerick hook, 

 but especially No. 5. 



This fly may be the more readily believed in as the 

 neck feathers of the Madras jungle cock are general fa- 

 vorites, are used more or less as a set off in many salmon 

 flies, and are at the head of the poll in Norway; even 

 those Norwegians who know no other English, being still 

 able to introduce the word jungle cock, or yungle cock, in 

 their Norse recommendation of the right fly to use. 



No. 3. The Smoky Dun. 



This fly is of one color all over, a smoky dun color, 

 the color say of the smoke ascending from a damp wood 

 fire, a dusky fisherman's blue or ash color with just a 

 perceptible touch of light dull yellow or dun in it. 

 Wings and body the same, with a tag and three or four 

 turns of silver twist, and a tail of peacock's back feather. 

 Hook No. 6 or 7 Limerick. 



