No. 1. Body brown claret colour, mixed with the fur of hare's ear,
ribbed with silver twist, a short black hackle, wings rather light brown
mallard, and a black head. Hook, Green Drake size, or No. 6.
No. 2. A black body, tipped with orange silk, ribbed with silver twist,
a black hackle, and dark brown turkey tail wings. Hook No. 6 or C,
varied with blue body and black-red hackle.
No. 3. A blue dun body, a dun hackle ribbed with silver twist, tail two
fibres of mallard, and grey mallard for wings. Hook C, or No. 6. A fly
with an olive body, and one with yellow and mallard wings, are good.
These flies will be found great killers where the fish are plentiful,
with a good ripple on the water, and would do admirably on the Dee and
Don, at Aberdeen.