Concerning Flies 227 



VIII. DARK NEEDLE. 



Body. Orange tying silk. 



Hackle. A small feather taken from the darkest portion 

 of the wing of a brown owl. 



Season. Especially good in cold and windy days. 

 One of Mr. Walbran's patterns. 



IX. SNIPE BLOA OR BLAE. 



Body. Straw-coloured silk. 



Hackle. A feather taken from the inside of a snipe's 

 wing. 



Pritt' spatter n. 



X. GROUSE AND ORANGE. 



Body. Orange tying silk. 



Hackle. Freckled brown feather from the grouse. 

 A useful fly always, but especially so in a dark " porter- 

 colour water," 



XI. CURLEW. 



Body. Orange or yellow tying silk. 

 Hackle. A small feather taken from the outside of a 

 Curlew's wing. .. 



Especially good in a clear and low state of river. 



XII. HIMALAYAN HACKLE. 



Body. Yellow tying silk, ribbed with yellow gimp or 

 extremely fine gold wire. 



Hackle. Taken from the green feathers on the head 

 and top of neck of the Himalayan pheasant. 



This fly was unknown till I introduced it, many years 

 ago, in the pages of the Fishing Gazette. I have found it, 

 at times, an excellent fly. 



