258 FLIES FOR THE BLACKWATER 



harl ; body, four joints of equal proportions ; thus, 

 brown seal's fur and hackle, blue ditto, grey fur 

 and hackle, brown seal's fur and hackle, orange 

 hackle under shoulder, the first brown joint ribbed 

 with gold, the remainder with silver tinsel ; black 

 ostrich head. 



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

 deep bright orange silk and hackle ; a small blood- 

 red hackle laid next, then a long joint of dark 

 sea-green fur and hackle, ribbed with gold ; blood- 

 red hackle under shoulder'; black ostrich head; 

 wings as before. 



These three flies should be dressed on hooks 

 about 1-^inch in length, and at low water shorter. 

 Their tails should be of fibres of golden pheasant, 

 light blue macaw, green and red parrot, mallard 

 and blue peacock harl. 



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No. 1. Body, grey fur and hackle, and ribbed 

 with silver tinsel; tag and head, blue; jay under 

 shoulder; wings, mallard, blue peacock fibres, 

 golden pheasant breast-feathers ; and two sprigs 

 of blue macaw for flyers. 



No. 2. This fly is called ' The blue Jay,' and is 

 a standard spring and summer fly on Irish waters. 

 It is dressed thus : Body, light-blue silk and gold 

 tinsel, orange tag and black ostrich harl near it ; 



