BLACKWATER SPRING-FLIES. 137 



red silk tag, above it black ostrich tag ; and tail, 

 wings, head, and hooks, as before. 



The three last flies are for Blackwater grilse, 

 but in summer the largest salmon will take them. 

 They will kill in the best rivers of Sutherland- 

 shire. 



Spring: jFltc^ far t^c tapper ^Slaclfeiuatcr. 



No. 1. Body, squirrel and hedgehog's fur 

 mixed, over which silver tinsel and green and blood- 

 red hackles ; pale yellow hackle side by side with 

 the blood-red hackle under shoulder; tag, gold 

 colour silk. Wings, fibres of the golden pheasant 

 breast-feather, turkey tail, mallard, blue macaw, 

 red and green parrot and green peacock harl ; 

 black ostrich head. Hook, No. 4 and 5 and for 

 low water, No. 6. 



No. 2. Body, four joints of equal proportions— 

 thus ; beginning at the tail, brown seal's fur and 

 hackle of same colour, blue fur and hackle, grey 

 fur and hackle, brown seal's fur and hackle re- 

 peated, close under wings orange hackle ; the first 

 joint next to the tail to be ribbed with gold, the 

 other joints with silver tinsel; tags, orange silk 

 and black ostrich harl. Wings, hooks, and head, 

 as before. 



No. 3. Tag, blood-red fur, next it, a short joint 



