THE WHITE WING AST) TOPPY. 345 



being left on for the shoulders, and over this a lavender 

 hackle ; wing, two strips of pintail. Any size, from 6 to 

 11. 



The small edition of this, used in the summer, is 

 called the Teal Wing, teal being substituted for pin- 

 tail. 



White Wing. This fly I have never seen save on the 

 Tweed. It is a capital fly for the evening there, how- 

 ever, and kills well. Tail, one topping, and a bit of 

 tippet ; body, one turn of yellow, one of orange, two of 

 claret, and the rest of black pig's wool ; broad silver 

 tinsel ; black hackle from tail to head ; light blue hackle 

 on shoulders ; two slips of white swan for wings. Size, 

 4, 5, or 6. 



The White Tip. This fly is like the last in every par- 

 ticular, save that there is no orange in the body, and the 

 wings are two slips of the feather from a wild duck's wing 

 with white tip and but, and black in the middle. Size, 

 from 5 to 8. 



The Toppy. A noted old Tweed fly, and as a perfect 

 specimen of the simplest form of salmon fly, I give an 

 illustration of it (see Plate X. fig. 1, p. 340). Tag, ruby 

 floss ; tail, a tuft of yellow mohair ; body, black pig's 

 wool ; fine silver tinsel ; two turns of red hackle next the 

 tail, black hackle for the rest of the fly ; wings, two strips 

 of dark turkey tipped with white ; head, red mohair. 

 Size, from 5 to 8. 



The Black and Yellow is another capital fly, a first-rate 

 general evening fly too anywhere. Tag, silver twist and 

 orange floss ; tail, a topping or two according to size of 

 fly ; but black ostrich ; black silk body ; silver tinsel (if 

 large fly, twist with it) ; black hackle, light blue hackle 

 on shoulder ; wing, red feather of gold pheasant rump, 

 the remainder of the wing composed of toppings according 

 to the size and requirement of the fly, from three to seven 



