SEA-TKOUT FLIES. 271 



with gold tinsel and joints of green peacock harl 

 from tag to wings ; tag, light yellow and deep 

 orange silk ; over body, a dark green or black 

 hackle ; round the shoulder, deep orange hackle ; 

 wings, two toppings mixed with Argus pheasant 

 tail-feather, brown mallard and wood-duck, and a 

 very little blue jay over the butt of the wings, 

 which are to lie long, thin, and delicately over 

 the hook ; head, bronze, peacock harl ; tail, golden 

 pheasant topping. Hook, as long in the shank as 

 a No. 3, but to be of finer wire, and as small in 

 the bend as a No. 6 hook. 



No. 1. Body, yellow floss-silk, gold tinsel, black- 

 red hackle, small topping for tail, blue jay at the 

 shoulder, a neatly mixed gaudy wing, and black 

 ostrich head. Hook, C Dublin, or 7 English. 



No. 2. Body, blue floss-silk, blue hackle and 

 silver tinsel, small topping for tail, blue jay at the 

 shoulder, and wing and hook as before. 



No. 3. Body, black mohair, black hackle, silver 

 tinsel, yellow tag, and small topping for tail; 

 yellow mohair head, picked out to hang down the 

 breast of the fly ; wings, two toppings, mixed with 

 teal and guinea-hen feathers. Hook, Nos. 7 and 8 

 English. 



No. 4. Body, peacock harl, gold tinsel, amber 



