&M THE LAXFORD AND THE AWK. 



THE LAXFORD. 



Patterns also from Farlow's. 



The LctscelUs. Tag, silver twist, and lemon-yellow 

 floss ; tail, a topping teal and powder blue macaw sprigs ; 

 but, black ostrich herl ; body, half lemon-yellow floss, and 

 half pig's wool of the same colour; silver twist, with 

 black silk beside it, as in the Colonel ; hackle, claretty 

 brown (this, as in the case of No. 4 in the Lochy list, is 

 what I consider fiery brown, only I fear the fate of poor 

 Martin Kelly if I attempt to decide this awful shade of 

 mystery), speckled gallina on shoulder; wing, a gold 

 pheasant rump and a saddle feather, sprigs of gold pheas- 

 ant tail, and Florican, yellow and blue sprigs, with a few 

 fibres of gold pheasant sword feather, over all a good slice 

 of gallina ; head black. Size, 9 and 1 0. 



The next fly has no name, and as that i? a very incon- 

 venient hiatus, particularly as it would be a capital general 

 fly, I call it 



The Ldxford. Tag, gold twist; tail, one topping; 

 body, gold-coloured floss silk ; hackle, bright yellow ; 

 silver tinsel and gold twist; darkish blue hackle at 

 shoulder ; wing, a lump of peacock, over it sprigs of 

 bustard and Florican, topping over all ; and blue macaw 

 ribs; black head. Size, 9 and 10. 



THE AWE AND THE OBCHT. 



The same flies are used on both these rivers. I wrote 

 and asked a friend to obtain patterns for me if pos- 

 sible, and he got them for me from Colonel Campbell of 

 Skipness, whose reputation as a sportsman is only second 

 to his fame as an author ; for few, if any, modern books 

 of sporting adventures can compare in point of general 



