90 A GENERAL FAVOURITE. 



patterns. I shall describe a few more of them here- 

 after, under the head of " General Salmon-flies." 



PLATE III. , 



No. 7. The Blue Jay. — Body, light blue 

 silk, ribbed with gold tinsel; orange tag and 

 black ostrich ; tail, small topping ; blue jay hackle 

 over body ; wings, a topping, mallard, silver phea- 

 sant tail, mottled turkey and guinea-fowl feathers ; 

 feelers, blue and yellow and red macaw ; small 

 black ostrich head. Hook, No. 7. and 8. 



This is a favourite general fly of mine at low 

 water. I have killed well with it in Sutherland- 

 shire. In the rivers of the south of Ireland, it is 

 a standard fly. I would vary it thus : — Tail, 

 sprigs of golden pheasant neck-feather, mallard, 

 and light blue macaw; blue jay over body, and 

 blood-red hackle at the shoulder ; and wings, 

 golden pheasant neck-feather, mallard, light blue 

 macaw, and kingfisher. For summer and early 

 autumn mornings and evenings, the body should 

 be of orange, instead of blue floss, silk. 



No. 8. Body, yellow mohair, to be ribbed with 

 gold twist and black hackle ; tag, yellow floss silk 

 tipped with gold ; tail, a small topping ; blue jay 

 at shoulder; wings, brown turkey or kite tail- 



