136 LOWER BLACKWATER FLIES. 



No. 5. Body, bright dark green fur, with a few 

 hairs of golden olive shining through ; gold tinsel 

 and golden olive hackle over ; bright gold colour 

 tag; wings and head like those of the last fly. 

 Feelers and tail like those of No. 1. 



The bodies of the above five flies are best made 

 of pig's wool, or fur dyed of the diiferent colours 

 mentioned. If tied on No. 5 and 6 hooks, they 

 will prove good general summer flies. 



No. 6. Body, claret or puce floss silk, over 

 which silver tinsel, and golden olive hackle ; tag, 

 golden yellow silk, and above it two turns of black 

 ostrich harl ; blue jay over the shoulder round the 

 butts of the wing, which must be a rather gaudily 

 mixed one, and have in it a few fibres of red 

 parrot feather ; head, black ostrich. Hook, No. 

 6 and 7. 



No. 7. Small blood-red silk tag ; mallard and 

 golden pheasant neck-feathers for tail ; next it, 

 but above the tag, a short joint of bright orange 

 silk; remainder of the body bright dark green 

 silk, over which silver tinsel and jay's hackle. 

 Wings rather gaudy, and black ostrich head. 

 Hooks as before. 



No. 8. Body, deep bright orange silk, grouse 

 hackle over it, and jay under the shoulder ; blood- 



