268 WELSH FERN-FLIES. 



Wales, and are known there by the name of 

 6 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 buff, 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 with 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 

 four hours. Boil in the same quantity of soft 

 water for half an hour half an oz. of fustic, and 

 the same quantity of turmeric. Eemove the fea- 

 thers from the alum-water and immerse them in 

 the yellow dye, and they will soon assume the re- 

 quired colour. 



For all the northern rivers of Scotland, for the 

 north-western, western, and southern rivers of 

 Ireland, the best general fly is the one I have 



