THE BEAULY. 37., 



orange sprigs, a topping over all ; two short jungle-cock 

 at cheeks. 



No. 3. Tag, silver tinsel and orange floss ; tail, a top- 

 ping ; but, blue ostrich herl ; body, ruby floss three turns, 

 olive and then medium blue mohair in equal parts 

 (roughish and picked out) ; silver twist ; grouse hackle at 

 shoulder ; wing as before, with the addition of a slice of 

 gallina (the round spotted) ; head black. 



Add to these the Butcher, Childers, and the Snow Fly, 

 noted above. The Helmsdale is not a large river, and the 

 flies are dressed on hooks from 7 to 10. 



THE BEAULY 



Is a fine large river, and belongs chiefly to Lord Lovat. 

 The weir is a hard one to get up, and in the weir pool 

 great numbers of fish are often congregated. Here, some 

 years since, the master of Lovat had in three days perhaps 

 the most extraordinary sport ever known in Great Britain. 



Patterns from Snowie. 



There is a singular fly used on the Beauly, which is 

 there termed the Snow Fly, and as long as there is any 

 snow water on the river that fly kills well ; far better 

 indeed than any other. It is dressed on a big long- 

 shanked round-bend hook like the Tay flies. 



Beauly Snow Fly (Plate XII. fig. 2). It boasts 

 neither tag nor tail ; the body is of lightish blue pig's 

 wool, rather sparely dressed ; silver tinsel and gold twist ; 

 black heron's hackle, as long in the fibre or longer than 

 the hook ; wings, a large bunch of bronze-coloured peacock 

 herl ; round the shoulder over this is tied hackle-wise a 

 ruff of bright orange mohair, which gives a brilliant and 

 unusual look to the fly. 



No. 2. Tag, silver twist and gold- coloured floss ; tail, a 

 topping ; but, black ostrich herl ; body, two turns of gold- 



