:SI T11K 1AOX. 



dark blue a^ain alternately; ribbed with silver tinsel and 

 gold thread also alternately (not together); hackle at 

 shoulder two turns of hackle brick-dust red and two of jay 

 over; wing, gold pheasant tail, pintail, tippet, a >prir or 

 two of blue and yellow swan, two slices <>t milliard, and 

 one topping. 



No. 2. Tag and tail, as before ; but black ostrich : l>ody, 

 pig's wool half of darkish red, the other halt' dark Mne 

 silver tinsel and fine gold twist together. Lightish blur 

 hackle over the blue joint only, two turns of jay at shoulder ; 

 wing as before, except that grey speckled peacock wing is 

 substituted for gold pheasant and pintail, and a few more 

 orange and red fibres are used. 



No. 3. Tag, tail and but as before; body, the darkest 

 blue pig's wool ; Mack hackle all the way up, and two 

 turns of jay at shoulder; silver tinsel and tine goldthread 

 alternately, not together; wing, chiefly In-own mallard, 

 with some red, yellow, blue, and orange fibres, and a little 

 pintail under it : black head. Hooks No. 



THE LV 



Joins the Tay just below Taymouth. It is a pretty river, 

 and sometimes yields good sport. The flies are not too 

 thick in the liody and are somewhat of the wasp pattern. 



No. 1. Tag, silver tinsel ; tail, a topping and a scrap 

 of tippet ; lower half of body dirty yellow pig's wool ; the 

 upper half a very dark red with a slight claret tin^e in it ; 

 black hackle over the red, and grouse hackle at shoulder ; 

 silver tinsel; wing, large spot gallina, and lightish 

 speckled turkey over it. 



No. 2. Tag, silver tinsel; tail, tippet; but, black 

 ostrich ; body, lower half dirty yellow pig's wool, the upper 

 dark blue; silver tinsel; dark claret hackle over the blue 

 and jay at shoulder ; wing rich brown turkey. 



