408 TIII: SHANNON. 



affairs. Here is one dressed for me by poor Blacker, years 

 ago. It is quite a work of art. 



Tlte Shannon (see adjoining Plate, fig. 2). Tag, 

 gold tinsel and lemon-yellow floss; tail, two toppings, 

 scarlet ibis and blue macaw ; but, black ostrich ; body 

 of floss silk, in joints of various colour, pale blue orange, 

 puce, and pea-green, every joint being mounted by a 

 turn of o.-trich herl of the same colour as the joint, 

 and over this a hackle of the same tint ; at the shoulder 

 one or two gold pheasant rump feathers are used as 

 hackles ; gold thread warped on each joint separately ; 

 wing, two bright yellow macaw feathers, with black streak 

 down the centre, a strip of dark-specked argus on either 

 side, and sprigs of tippet, ditto, two or three slips of ibis 

 at shoulder, and over then!, on either cheek, a small 

 feather of purple lory, two or three large toppings over 

 all ; blue macaw ribs, and black head. Hook No. 2. 1 do 

 not think the jointed body by any means necessary, nor is 

 it used generally on the Shannon. The wing given is, 

 I know, pretty much used, when the feathers can be ob- 

 tained, but the yellow macaw feathers of the right size 

 are not easy to obtain, and make the fly expensive to 

 dress. Probably an orange body would answer all requi- 

 sites, as orange is in favour on the Shannon. 



My good friend Mr. Nicholay, well known among 



anglers, for many years rented a capital stretch of the 



t Castle Connell water. He is quite a connossieur in flies, 



and sent me lately at my request half-a-dozen, and very 



beautiful creatures they are. 



No. 1 is the Silver Doctor, but with an Indian yellow 

 hackle at the shoulder, and gallina over, and two or three 

 toppings in the wing, with a pair of kingfishers at cheeks. 

 Hook No. 6. 



No. 2 is a Blue Doctor with a large yellow crewel 

 head ; blue jay all up, and chatterer feathers at cheek. 

 Hook No. 7. 



