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tinsel ; hackle, claret a shade darker than No. i, short wood 

 duck hackle at shoulder ; wings, two medium jungle cock, 

 tippet sprigs, slips of wood duck, two toppings ; blue macaw 

 ribs ; black head. This fly is Mr. Blackwall's own fancy, said 

 to be very deadly, and I have given his name to it. 

 |No. 3. Tag, as before; tail, a topping with slips of wood- 

 duck ; butt, black ostrich ; body, medium orange floss ; 

 hackle, coch y bondu stained claret, blue jay at shoulder ; 

 wing fibres of tippet, slips of wood-duck, golden pheasant's 

 tail over, blue and red macaw ribs ; black head (the blue 

 jay to be tied outside the wing). This is the old Con way 

 pattern, j 



No. 4. Tag, silver thread, and yellow floss ; tail, yellow 

 swan, tippet and wood duck sprigs ; butt, black ostrich herl ; 

 body, lightish medium blue floss ; hackle, the same, tinsel 

 silver ; a little short wood duck tied on at breast hacklewise, 

 also a tippet feather as a hackle over it ; wing, two medium 

 jungle cock feathers, slips of tippet, golden pheasant tail over 

 this, and short wood duck slips over that ; black head. 



No. 5. Tag, silver thread and medium blue floss ; tail, a 

 topping and some wood duck ; butt, black ostrich ; body, 

 silver tinsel ; dark claret hackle with a strand of yellow silk 

 laid on under and beside it, blue jay at shoulder ; wing, plenty 

 of wood -duck slips, tippet sprigs over, brown mallard and 

 golden pheasant tail over, a sprig or two of yellow-olive swan, 

 blue macaw ribs ; black head. 



These flies may be varied in size to suit the water, and will be 

 found quite sufficient for the river. The sizes sent to me vary 

 from 5 to 9. 



THE TOWEY AND TIVEY OR TEIFI 



One or two friends, of whom I expected to obtain flies of 

 these rivers, having failed me, I was obliged to ask assistance 

 in the columns of the Field, and a great many flies were sent 

 me. It would be impossible to describe them all. I have, 

 therefore, made a selection of those which are best -spoken of. 

 Lord Llanover very kindly sent me some patterns. I append 

 three of them. 



No. i. Tail, the red rump-feather of the golden pheasant, 

 and the extreme point of blue jay's feather ; body, yellow 

 crewel, silver tinsel ; silver-grey hackle (longish fibre) ; wings, 

 a bunch of coppery peacock herl. The other two flies are very 

 similar, only the bodies are orange crewel, and the hackles a 



