1 86 ROD AND RIVER 



Body : Flat gold, ribbed with fine gold wire. 

 Hackle: Bright-red bantam cock from shoulder 



to tail. 



Tail : From same coloured feather as hackle. 



Hook o, oo, or ooo. 



ooo is too small, in my opinion. Moreover, 

 this fly may, with advantage, be dressed on a i, 

 2, 3, or 4 hook for use in rough water. It is a 

 good fly on any sized hook, anywhere and every- 

 where. 



THE RED TAG. 



This is very much like a coch-y-bonddhu, but 

 with the additional attraction of a small red tag of 

 wool, silk, or feathers. It is by no means a bad 

 grayling fly, and I have heard of good baskets of 

 trout having been taken with it. At one time it 

 was the 'rage.' Halford gives the usual dressing 

 of it : 



Body : Two or three strands of copper-coloured 



peacock herl twisted together. 

 Hackle : Blood-red game cock. 

 Tag : Red ibis or scarlet wool. 



THE COACHMAN. 



So called by reason of its white wing, and also, 

 it is stated, from having been invented by an old 

 well-known whip. It is a very useful fly, more 

 especially for evening and night fishing, though 



