148 WELSH FERN-FLIES. 



hackle from tail to shoulder. Wings, small, 

 spotted bittern feather ; tail, red worsted. Hook, 

 No. 8. and 9. This is the smallest sized fly that 

 need be used for salmon in Wales. It is a low- 

 water fly. 



The four following flies are great favourites in 

 Wales, and are known there by the name of 

 « fern-flies." 



No. 1. Body, yellow worsted mixed with a 

 small quantity of light buff; legs, dun cock's 

 hackle. Wings, pea-hen's back or rump-feather, 

 dyed yellow ; tail, crimson worsted. Hook, 

 No. 5. 



No. 2. Body, dark buflP, or salmon-coloured 

 wool ; legs, dun hackle dyed olive. Wings, two 

 bittern feathers dyed yellow ; tail, mallard, dyed 

 yellow. Hook, as before. 



No. 3. Body, deep yellow mixed w^ith a little 

 orange worsted ; legs, dun hackle, dyed yellow ; 

 tail, grey and yellow dyed mallard-feather mixed. 

 Wings and hook, as before. 



No. 4. Body and legs a sooty yellow ; tail, 

 widow's crest-feather. Wings, as before, and 

 hook. No. 6. 



The feathers for the wings of fern-flies are dyed 

 thus : — Dissolve in a pint of boiling water an oz. 

 of alum. Steep in it the feathers for three or 



