270 THE ERIN-GO-BRAGH. 



by half an inch beyond the extreme bend of the 

 hook. Feelers, red macaw ; head, black ostrich ; 

 tail, golden pheasant topping. Hook, Nos. 5 

 and 6. 



This fly may be advantageously varied, thus : 

 Black floss-silk for body ; tag, gold colour, tinsel 

 and hackle as before ; no blue jay or kingfisher's 

 feather, and head light puce fur. By dressing it 

 in this manner it will not be so gaudy as before. 



No. 2. THE BRITANNIA. Body, orange pig's 

 hair, ribbed with gold and silver twist; tag, 

 black ostrich harl; over the body a scarlet or 

 blood-red hackle, and a purple one at and above 

 the shoulder ; two toppings for tail ; wings, two 

 shovel-duck feathers, four toppings, a blue chat- 

 terer's feather each side, and outside and a little 

 under them some silver pheasant tail-feather; 

 small black head. Hook, Nos. 4 and 5. 



This fly in large rivers, or in those in which 

 fish take large flies, I consider the best of all 

 general flies known to me. I do not think large 

 salmon will refuse it in any river in the world, 

 when water is high and slightly discoloured by 

 recent floods. As Britannia is the ruler of the 

 waves, this namesake of hers is a ruler of the 

 waters. 



No. 3. THE ERIN-GO-BRAGH. Body, very long, 

 like those of the large-sized natural dragon-flies, 

 and to be made of green floss-silk, and ribbed 



