92 A GOOD LITTLE IRISHMAN. 



PLATE IV. 



No. 10. Body, green mohair, ribbed with gold 

 twist and black hackle ; orange tag ; and tail 

 of short, half an inch or rather less, orange or 

 yellow macaw feather ; wrings, silver pheasant 

 tail, peacock wing, teal and guinea-hen feathers ; 

 blue and yellow macaw feelers ; head, orange 

 mohair, or bright bronze peacock harl. Hook, 

 No. 7. and 8. 



This is a famous little fly in low clear water. 

 I killed last year, towards the end of July, in 

 the Shin, twenty- three salmon with it ; I should 

 have killed more, but I w^ished to keep it as a 

 memento mori. It should be used in the day 

 time, for it is not a gaudy fly, and suits bright 

 weather and bright water. It is an Irish pattern. 



No. 11. Body, silver-coloured floss silk, ribbed 

 with silver tinsel and gold twist ; a fine short- 

 fibred black hackle wound over all ; blue jay 

 at the shoulder and a topping for tail ; wings, 

 a mixture of brown turkey tail and peacock's 

 wing-feathers, golden pheasant neck, teal, guinea- 

 hen and light brown turkey or kite feathers, 

 with a topping surmounting the whole ; blue and 

 yellow macaw feelers, and black ostrich head. 

 Hook, No. 6. and 7. 



