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yellow pig's wool, merging into bright fiery claret, and 

 that again into black ; gold twist ; dark claret hackle, 

 with blue jay on shoulder ; wing, a tippet feather, with 

 brown mallard wing over ; blue macaw ribs ; black head. 



LOUGH GILL. 



Another large lough near Sligo. There is a very 

 favourite fly used there which sometimes kills on Lough 

 Melvin ; it is called the Lough Gill fly. Tag, silver twist 

 and orange floss ; tail, a topping and some mallard ; body, 

 black mohair, with a broad ring in the centre of dark 

 dirty red, a few fibres of the same warped into the breast 

 as a hackle ; blue jay hackle on shoulder ; wing, a tippet 

 feather and brown mallard wing. Hook No. 9. 



THE MOT. 



The Moy is a large and rather open river, resembling, 

 above the weirs, some of the streamy upper reaches of the 

 Thames, where rush-beds abound ; it flows from Lough 

 Conn, a very large lough. Much of the fishing, particu- 

 larly below the weir, up to which the tide flows, is carried 

 on from boats or cots. The opening of the weir has much 

 improved the fishing in the upper portions, and has un- 

 doubtedly tended to bring larger fish into the river than 

 were formerly found in it. It is a capital river for young- 

 hands to commence on, as the work is easy, and the num- 

 bers of fish keep the attention fixed on the spot. 



No. 1. The Thunder and Lightning. Tag, gold 

 tinsel; tail, a topping; but, black ostrich; body, three 

 turns of lightish orange floss, the rest of black floss ; gold 

 tinsel ; light orange hackle, with a little blue jay at 

 shoulder ; wing, dark brown mallard, one topping over 



