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fiery claret, and that again into black, gold twist ; body, 

 roughish ; dark claret hackle, with blue jay on shoulder ; 

 wing, a tippet feather, with brown mallard wing over, and blue 

 macaw ribs ; black head. 



No. 2. Tag, silver twist and pale blue floss ; tail, a top- 

 ping ; body, half orange pig's wool and half black, silver 

 twist ; black hackle (over black wool only) ; blue jay on 

 shoulder ; wing (mixed) gold pheasant tail and tippet, bittern 

 wing, mallard and gallina, yellow, green, and claret sprigs, 

 kingfisher on shoulder ; blue macaw ribs ; black head. 



No. 3. Tag, silver twist and orange floss ; tail, a topping ; 

 body, mulberry pig's wool ; hackle the same, with blue jay 

 at shoulder ; silver twist ; wing, a tippet feather with mallard 

 wing over ; blue macaw ribs. 



No. 4. The same as the last, save that the body and hackle 

 are of a lightish olive. 



I obtained the above from the fishermen at Lough Melvin, 

 when fishing it some years since. Hooks from 7 to 10. 



LOUGH GILL 



Another large lough near Sligo. There is a very favourite 

 fly used there which sometimes kills on Lough Melvin ; it 

 is called the Lough Gill fly. Tag, silver twist and orange floss ; 

 tail, a topping, and some mallard ; body, black mohair, with 

 a broad ring in the centre of dark dirty red, a few fibres of the 

 same warped into the breast as a hackle ; blue jay hackle on 

 shoulder ; wing, a tippet feather and brown mallard wing ; 

 hook No. 9. 



THE MOY 



The Moy is a large and rather open river, resembling, above 

 the weirs, some of the streamy upper reaches of the Thames, 

 where rush-beds abound ; it flows from Lough Conn, a very 

 large lough. Much of the fishing, particularly below the 

 weir, up to which the tide flows, is carried on from boats or 

 cots. The opening of the weir has much improved the fishing 

 in the upper portions, and has undoubtedly tended to bring 

 larger fish into the river than were formerly found in it. It is a 

 capital river for young hands to commence on, as the work is 

 easy, and the numbers of fish keep the attention fixed on the 

 sport. 



f^ No. i. Tag, silver tinsel; tail, a topping; butt purple, 

 herl ; body, three turns of orange floss, the rest of darkish 

 blue floss, silver tinsel and twist ; dark blue hackle ; tippet 



