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white trout in one day on the Doohullah lakes. It is a great 

 Connemara favourite. 



No. 3. Tail, a small topping ; body, one turn of ruby floss, 

 the rest of black floss, silver thread ; black hackle only one- 

 third down ; wing, a darkish bit from a jay's wing. Size small. 

 Good in the Newport river, and most of the rivers and lakes in 

 that neighbourhood. 



No. 4. Tag, gold tinsel ; tail, a sprig or two of brown 

 mallard ; body, dark blue wool well picked out ; red hackle 

 only at shoulder ; wing, from jay's wing-feather, with a light 

 brownish tinge preferred. Size small. 



No. 5. Tag, silver thread ; tail, grey mallard ; body, apple- 

 green floss ; red hackle, silver thread ; wing, mottled wood- 

 cock. The last two flies are good on the Lennan and at 

 Gweedore, and generally on the north-west of Donegal. Largish 

 size. 



No. 6. Tag, light orange floss ; tail, golden pheasant tippet 

 sprigs ; body, medium blue pig's wool picked out slightly ; 

 black hackle (only at shoulder), silver thread ; wing, brown 

 mallard, small speckled gallina, a few shreds of red parrot and 

 blue macaw. A capital Connemara pattern. I have done very 

 well with it at Ballynahinch. Medium size. 



No. 7. Tag, silver tinsel and light orange floss ; tail, blue 

 jay and yellow macaw ; body, lightish blue pig's wool ; 

 hackle, the same colour, silver thread ; wing, jay's wing a 

 lightish feather. Connemara. Medium size. 



No. 8. Tag, as before ; tail, jay and tippet ; body, bright 

 pea-green floss, silver tinsel ; red hackle ; wing as before. 

 Connemara. Medium size. 



No. 9. Tag, gold tinsel ; tail, golden pheasant tippet sprigs ; 

 body, light orange floss ; wing and hackle, a grouse hackle left 

 full and long on back and clipped on the breast. Connemara. 

 Medium size. 



Four patterns from Nicholson of Galway : 



No. i. Tag, silver tinsel and orange floss ; tail, tippet and 

 blue and green sprigs ; body, blue mohair, rough ; hackle, red ; 

 wing, jay's wing. 



No. 2. Tag, as before ; tail, as before ; body, yellow mohair, 

 rough silver thread ; wing, jay's wing darkish feather. 



No. 3. Tag and tail as before ; body, two-thirds light claret 

 mohair, one-third at shoulder dirty yellow ; black hackle ; 

 wing, dark jay with some tippet over. 



No. 4. Tag, silver tinsel, dark blue floss ; tail, tippet, and 



