MO Tin-: UH-IIV. 



The upper parts of the Conon are very pretty and tempt- 

 ing, containing fine streams and good pools, but the lower 

 reaches are heavy and dull. The fish for the most part 

 run through them without resting long, and while they 

 do rest rise but indifferently. 



Here are three flies for the Conon, all of which are 

 first-rate general flies and will kill anywhere. 



No. 1. Tag, two turns of silver tinsel ; tail, one topping 

 and some sprigs of tippet ; body, one turn of bright 

 orange brown, continued with yellow half-way up, and the 

 remaining half with medium (inclining to light) blue, 

 pig's wool, rough and well picked out; broadish silver 

 tinsel ; black hackle, pretty thick, but only laid on at the 

 shoulder; wing, blight mottled peacock wing, with a 

 shortish jungle-cock on either side, rather better than 

 half the length of the wing. 



No. 2. Tag, tail, and body as before, merely changing 

 black pig's wool for the blue. The hackle is the same, but 

 is dressed over the whole of the black wool (or half the 

 body) ; wing, one tippet, with bright peacock over it, shoit 

 jungle-cock on either side as before. 



No. 3. Tag and tail as before. Body, olive yellow 

 changing into dirty orange, and that again into a purple 

 claret at the shoulder ; silver tinsel ; black hackle from 

 tail to head ; peacock wing. 



The size of these flies for the Conon wiL vary from 

 medium salmon down to small grilse size, or from 5 to 8 

 or 9. 



THE LOCHT. 



I give now four flies for the Lochy. The Lochy flies 

 should be dressed smaller even than the Ness, not much 

 above sea-trout size. These patterns are from Mr. Farlow, 

 of 191 Strand. 



No. 1. Tag, silver twist; tail, a topping and three or 



