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running out of it, distant from Killarney about 

 thirty miles, afford capital sport for salmon and 

 sea-trout (the latter the finest, perhaps, in the 

 world) from about the first week in June until the 

 end of the season. There is good accommodation 

 to be had at the village of Waterville, close by the 

 lake, which is a noble sheet of water, eight or nine 

 miles in length. I strongly recommend the rivers 

 of Kerry to the English angler. 



FOR THE SHIN. No. 1. 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-feather, mixed with golden 

 pheasant tail and neck-feathers, guinea-hen and 

 teal, and a topping bending over the whole ; blue 

 and yellow macaw feelers, and blue mohair head. 

 Hook, No. 6. 



This is a deadly Sutherlandshire fly, particu- 

 larly for the Shin and Laxford. It has been to 

 me a plentiful purveyor of salmon. It is a model 

 of a subdued gaudy fly, and will prove a general 

 killer in rivers of moderately high water. The 

 salmon-fisher should never be without it. 



No. 2. Body, blue floss-silk, ribbed with silver 

 twist ; tapering orange tag, and topping for tail ; 



