THE GARRY. 307 



there is one turn of light yellow mohair, and the wings 

 are strips of bluish-black from a heron's wing. 



No. 3 consists of a Blue Doctor, with a good-sized 

 Indian crow feather for tail ; body and hackle a darkisli 

 shade of blue ; wing, silver-grey mottled turkey or pea- 

 cock. 



No. 4 is very much of a Highlander body and hackle. 

 The tag is silver thread and blue floss ; tail, tippet, and 

 some fibres from a claret hackle; body, two turns of 

 yellow pig's wool, the rest of darkish pea-green floss ; 

 hackle lightish yellow-green ; silver tinsel ; wing, speckled 

 brown turkey, grey towards the tips. 



No. 5. Tag, silver thread ; tail, a bit of orange mohair 

 and teal ; body, two turns of medium pea-green floss, and 

 the rest of bright medium blue mohair, a few fibres of 

 light claret mohair being thrown in at the shoulder; 

 silver tinsel ; hackle, light claret ; wings, slips of black 

 heron. 



No. 6. Tag, silver thread ; tail, a good-sized Indian 

 crow feather ; body, two turns of yellow pig's wool, the 

 rest darkish blue mohair, with a pinch of fiery red pig's 

 wool thrown in at the shoulder ; silver tinsel, black hackle; 

 wing, silver grey mottled turkey or peacock. Hooks, 

 Nos. 7 and 8. 



THE GARRY OF LOCH NESS. 



This is a spring river, and requires large flies Nos. 3 

 and 4. These three flies are sent me by Mr. Snowie, of 

 Inverness, who is the best authority for flies upon the 

 rivers in Inverness, Nairn, Elgin, Ross, Sutherland, and 

 Caithness. I also wrote to Mr. Snowie to send me patterns 

 of any new flies since my lists for these rivers were pub- 

 lished, but he tells me there are none worth mentioning. 

 The flies which killed then are still the favourites. 



