350 THE ANNAN AND N1TH. 



scriptions of flies in the Luce, but the only one which 

 Mi. Maxwell had not already sent in thus described : 



Drake wing 1 (light), red and black body, with brown 

 hackle; and Mr. Hay adds, 'I have seen a jungle-cock 

 feather do well in heavy water late in the seasou.' 



THE ANNAN AND NITH, 



The following four patterns for the Annan were sent 

 me since the first edition of this work was published, by 

 Mr. Rowell, the fishing-tackle maker of St. Alban's Row, 

 Carlisle. They are nicely tied, and look decidedly blood- 

 thirsty : 



No. 1. Tag, silver twist; tail, some sprigs from the 

 saddle-feathers of gold pheasant ; body, very rough pig's 

 wool, a sort of orange-brown at tail, merging into more 

 and more brown, until it is dark bear's brown at shoulder ; 

 coch-y-bondu hackle, with plenty of black at the but for 

 the shoulder ; medium gold tinsel ; wings, two slips of 

 grey drake under, and two of light dun turkey over. 



No. 2 is very much the same, only the body is a trifle 

 yellower at the tail ; the tail is made of tippet sprigs, and 

 the body is not so deep a brown up at the shoulders. 

 The under wing is of peacock, not too bright, and the 

 upper of dark dun turkey. 



No. 3. Tail and hackle, as in No. 1 ; body, bright me- 

 dium brown throughout ; wing, peacock, brownish at the 

 but. All these flies are rough, and well picked out; 

 medium fine gold twist. Hooks 7 and 8. 



No. 4 is a floss silk body ; tag, gold tinsel ; tail, black 

 partridge or teal, and some gold pheasant saddle-feather ; 

 but, black ostrich ; body (lower half) yellow, inclining to 

 orange, upper half dark medium blue; hackle, coch-y- 



1 Pintail, or the lighter mallard feathers. 



