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No. 5 of the new patterns is our old friend the Thun- 

 der and Lightning, mentioned above, only the hackle is a 

 shade or two yellower. 



No. 6. Tag, silver tinsel ; tail, a topping, some tippet, 

 a kingfisher, and a sprig or two of blue macaw ; but, 

 black ostrich ; body, two turns of orange floss ; then dark 

 blue, dark red, deep orange, and blue again, pig's wool ; 

 gold tinsel and twist ; a dark blue hackle at shoulder 

 with sprigs of tippet over, and one turn of jay over that; 

 wing, two tippet feathers, two orange hackle points over, 

 some gold pheasant tail over that, a bit of black part- 

 ridge on either side, one topping and a single kingfisher 

 en croupe or on the back. Black head. 



No. 7. Tag, silver tinsel ; tail, a topping, some tippet, 

 and a kingfisher ; but, black ostrich ; body, two turns of 

 orange floss, the rest of dark reddish copper; silver tinsel 

 and gold twist ; hackle, orange three parts up ; tippet 

 sprigs at shoulder, and jay over ; wing, the same as before. 

 Hook No. 6. 



LOUGH CONN. 



New patterns also from Hearns. The Erris flies are 

 curious specimens of art, and by no means easy to tie. .They 

 are mostly jointed flies, many of them having also manes 

 from the back of each joint, and some with a turn or two 

 of hackle, also at the joint. An illustration of one may be 

 seen in Plate XIII. fig. 3. They are, however, very 

 little used now. I leave the dressing of one rather as a 

 curiosity, but Hearns has sent me three flies for the lake 

 of ordinary dressing, and which look to my judgment 

 reliable. 



No. 1. Tag, gold tinsel; tail, some brown mallard 

 with a few sprigs of tippet, and thin blue macaw ; body, 

 two turns of orange floss, the rest of rough pig's wool, dark 



