largish tippet feather, brown speckkd turkey, gold pheasant 

 blue, green, and yeDow swan, and brae macaw ribs ; black 



tai 



head. 



No. 4. This is a weird-looking fly ; the contrast between the 

 dark bine body and tight yellow hackle is so strong. Tag, gold 

 tinsel and light orange floss ; tail, a topping ; body, dark blue 

 floss; silver tinsel ; hackle, tight yeDow, bhie jay on shoulder ; 

 wing, brown mallard (streaked), gold pheasant tail, and some 

 swoxd feather ; blue macaw ribs. 



No. 5. Tag, gold twist and yellow floss ; tail, teal, mallard, 

 green parrot and flamingo ; but, black ostrich ; body, two- 

 thirds ruby floss and one-third medium brae ; Hariri** darkish 

 bine, flamingo feather as hackle at shoulder, dipped at breast ; 

 wing, a rump feather of gold pheasant, fight yellow-green 

 parrot, a little pintail and brown maDard over all ; brae macaw 

 ribs, Mark head. Vary this fly with a black hackle and all ruby 

 body, no brae. 



No. 6. Tag, silver thread and light bine floss; tail, a topping ; 

 butt, black ostrich; body, fight orange floss; silver thread; 

 black hackle, bine jay on shoulder; wing, mottled argos, sprigs 

 of tippet, green parrot, and gold pheasant tail, well mixed ; 

 blackhead. 



These flies vary pretty much in the order in which they are 

 described, from 7 to n. 



THE INCHIQCIN FLY 



This is a fly used, as its nam? fmpHj*^ chiefly on the Inchi- 

 quin lake ; bat it is a standard pattern throughout the West of 

 Ireland. Tail, brown maDard, and some purple fibres from the 

 peacock's breast ; body, fiery red pig's wool (tike to the dark 

 red hair or whiskers of a thorough bog-trotter), gold thread ; a 

 red hacUe at shoulder ; brown mallard wing, well backed with 

 strands from the peacock's breast. Both body and hackle may 

 be made darker at pleasure. Hooks 10 to n. 



THE LZXNAX AND LOCH FERN IN DONEGAL 



The T^mian is a dull river, and with the exception of close 

 to the weir, is not of much use for salmon-fishing ; but Loch 

 Fern, from which it runs, gives fair sport at times. Loch Fern 

 isnot a large lake, and is weedy and shallow; it is hardly worth 

 going to, unless the angler chances to be going to or from 

 Gweedore, VM Rathmehon. 



