102 Other Mdhseer flies. Chapt. vii. 



I fancy the chief recommendation of this fly is that in 

 general colour it is much like a small fish in the water. 

 I have never tried it. Its owner prized it very highly. 



For the flies that follow I will not vouch. I have come 

 across them in a pamphlet which is a series of appendi- 

 ces only, and which bears nothing to show who the writer 

 is, beyond an advertisement in the fly-leaf of a coming 

 publication by Colonel G. T. Haly. I presume therefore 

 that the appendices are his, and I give the flies as his, for 

 -the benefit of those who may happen to know, which I do 

 not, whether or no he is a good fisherman, and therefore 

 a reliable authority. I will simply demur this much that 

 I notice he says that when the river is "discolored by the 

 "monsoon mountain streams, trolling may be practised 

 "very successfully" a statement quite opposed to my ex- 

 perience, and I am pleased to observe that K. quite agrees 

 with me. 



This writer then, be he Colonel G. T. Haly or be he 

 not, says* "the best flies for Metapollium river are: — 



4. Wings. — Dark brown mottled turkey feather. 

 Body. — Orange, camlet, and red hair, mixed with 



a few turns of a red hackle near the head. (Hook No. 5.) 



5. Wings. — Bustard feather, dressed with fine dark- 

 red silk, with a few twists of gold wire body or tinsel all 

 the way up. 



Tail. — A golden pheasant feather (from the neck), 

 to be used when the river is colored. (Hook No. 5.) 



* In the above extract, which is given quantum valeat, I have taken 

 the liberty to change the consecutive number from 1 to 4 etc. so as to 

 follow those already given. 



