TWO LITTLE FAVOURITES. 89 



No. 5. The Dunkeld. — Body, gold tinsel 

 rolled close, and ribbed with silver twist and yel- 

 low hackle ; tag of black ostrich, tipped with gold 

 tinsel ; tail, small topping and small jungle cock's 

 feather ; a little blue jay at shoulder ; wings, 

 two small toppings, mixed with brown mallard 

 and peacock's wing- feather ; blue, yellow, and red 

 macaw feelers, and black ostrich head. Hook, 

 No. 8. 



This is an excellent little fly, one of the small- 

 est that should ever be used, and it will kill well 

 at Ballyshannon and in the Sutherlandshire rivers, 

 on summer and autumn mornings and evenings. 



No. 6. Body, puce floss silk, ribbed with silver 

 twist and puce hackle ; tag of gold tinsel, orange 

 silk, and black ostrich ; small topping for tail ; 

 yellow hackle round the butt of the wings, which 

 are to be of two toppings, mixed with bustard 

 and sprigs of red and green parrot's tail, and to 

 have blue kingfisher's at each side; feelers, blue 

 and yellow macaw, and black ostrich head. Hook, 

 No. 8. 



This is a good general fly at low water for the 

 northern Scotch and Irish rivers. It and the 

 " Dunkeld " are great favourites with a gentle- 

 man connected with our foreign office. He is an 

 excellent salmon-fisher, and these are some of his 



