THE OLIVE. 



narrow embossed silver tinsel over blue ; wing as before. 

 Hook No. 8 or 9. 



No. 3 is just like No. 1, only the upper joint of the 

 body is black instead of blue, and the tail is yellow 

 wool and tippet. 



Then comes a fly called 



The Olive. Tag, silver tinsel, and a wad of yellow 

 wool picked out and left rough all round the bend 

 of the hook ; tail, black partridge, yellow and red parrot ; 

 but, black ostrich; body, the usual dirty yellow wool, 

 with broad silver and narrow gold tinsel, alternately; 

 dark olive hackle all the way up and jay at shoulder ; 

 wings, as before ; dressed on round bend hook, but of 

 No. 6 length. 



Then come three flies without names. 



No. 1. Tag, silver tinsel; tail, yellow wool and a 

 topping ; but, black ostrich ; body, dark red pig's wool ; 

 silver tinsel and gold thread alternately; common red 

 hackle all the way up, and jay at shoulder ; wings, cin^ 

 namon dan turkey. 



Ho. 2. Tag, silver tinsel ; tail, a wad of orange 

 crewel with a few sprigs of saddle feather over it ; but, 

 black ostrich ; body, pig's wool of yellow, orange, claret, 

 red, and dark blue; silver tinsel; common red hackle 

 with a black centre, two turns of darkest gallina at 

 shoulder; wing, dark rich cinnamon dun turkey with 

 light tips. 



No. 3 is just like the last, except that it has browfl 

 speckled turkey wing. Hook No. 6. 



THE TEITH. 



The Honourable W.Drummond procured me the follow- 

 ing patterns, he being an old frequenter of the Teith, 

 Three he sends me himself, dressed smallish for autumn. 



