190 THE PRACTICAL FISHERMAN. 



hackle over silver tinsel and twist ; wing, a pair of tippets, double, single 

 cock over them, topping over all ; black head. 



The Parson. There are on the Erne green parsons, blue parsons, and 

 golden parsons, so that the title is rather that of a genera than of any 

 arbitrary arrangement. The following is a description, however, of the 

 best, the golden parson. Tag silver tinsel and mauve floss ; tail, two 

 toppings, a few sprigs of tippet, and a kingfisher ; body, two turns of 

 golden floss silk, then golden pig's wool, merging into orange; silver 

 twist ; golden orange hackle over the wool, red orange hackle over that, 

 and two or three, or more, short toppings, tied in at the breast instead of 

 shoulder hackle ; wing, a tippet feather, with a cock of the rock (not a 

 squared feather) on either side, and one above, strips of fantail or wood- 

 cock on either side, and five or six toppings ; kingfisher's feathers on 

 either cheek, and blue macaw ribs ; black head. 



The Butcher. This fly is a general favourite. It will always kill 

 where there are salmon. In the Awe, the Orchy, the Brora, the Nova, 

 the Thurse, the Helmsdale, the Annan, and the Tay and Torridge, and 

 one or two Welsh rivers, it is a prime favourite according to Mr. 

 Francis. Tag gold twist and dark orange floss tail, one topping ; butt, 

 black ostrich herl ; body, two or three turns of claret, ditto of medium 

 blue, ditto red, and rest of dark blue pig' s wool, broad silver tinsel ; 

 medium red claret hackle ; gallina on shoulder ; under wings a tippet 

 and gold pheasant rump feather, over them strips of brown mallard, 

 bustard, peacock wing, wood duck, and blue and yellow swan strips ; 

 black head. 



The Baker is a standard fly on the Dovey, dressed small. Tag gold 

 twist and lightish blue floss ; tail, a topping; but black herl,; body three 

 turns of golden coloured floss, dark orange, light blue, and red pig's wool ; 

 broad gold tinsel, medium red claret hackle, gallina at shoulder, with 

 light blue over it ; under wing two tippet feathers, spray of gold pheasant 

 tail, bustard peacock red, bright green and blue and yellow sprigs of snow 

 all over, blue macaw ; black head. 



The Candlestick Maker is the invention of Mr. Francis himself. The 

 body for the lower half is black silk, the upper black pig's wool, very 

 bushy towards the shoulder, and picked out at the breast; hackle, 

 golden olive, with claret at the shoulder, tinsel broad silver ; tail, scarlet 

 ibis and wood duck ; wing, five or six toppings with double jungle cock 

 on either side. 



The Childers.T&g, gold twist and golden coloured floss ; tail, a topping, 

 some teal and tippet ; body, yellow orange and dark red pig's wool, 

 broad gold tinsel ; hackle, dark red claret and bright blue on shoulder ; 

 wing, a good lump of whitish tipped dark turkey and strips of bustard, 



