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floss body ; jay hackle all up, and a wing rather like those 

 of Nos. 6 and 7, only smaller. 



No. 4 is a wee fellow on a No. 12 hook, with gold 

 tinsel and orange floss; tag, a topping; tail, body of 

 medium blue crewel ; hackle, the same colour ; fine silver 

 tinsel ; wing, a few fibres of gallina, grey drake, red, blue, 

 and yellow parrot ; black head. 



No. 5 is a small edition of Mr. Nicholay's No. 4 salmon 

 fly, without the Indian crow feathers. 



KILLARNEY AND THE FLESK. 



The far-famed lakes of Killarney often hold a good 

 many salmon, but the nets and cross lines make single 

 rod fishing rather a precarious sport. The Flesk, which 

 runs into the head of the lakes, is a pretty little river, but 

 wants water to show any sport. A day or two's rain, how- 

 ever, brings it down, when the fish move up out of the 

 lakes, and a brace or two may then be taken if the oppor- 

 tunity is seized, but it runs down almost as quickly as it 

 rises. The Killarney lakes give very early fish. 



No. 1. Tag, silver tinsel ; tail tippet and a kingfisher 

 feather ; but, black ostrich ; body, darkish medium blue 

 floss ; hackle, blue jay all the way up, orange at shoulder ; 

 wing, brown turkey ; blue macaw ribs. 



No. 2. Tag, silver twist ; tail, a topping and bit of mal- 

 lard and kingfisher feather ; but, red wool ; body, darkish 

 medium blue floss ; hackle, blue jay all the way up, orange 

 at shoulder ; wing, brown turkey ; blue macaw ribs. 



No. 3. Tag, ruby silk ; tail, mallard and tippet ; but, 

 black ostrich ; body, pale olive-green floss ; gold tinsel ; 

 hackle, medium bluf, brown-olive at shoulder ; wing, mixed 

 brown turkey, argus, and gold pheasant tail ; head, blue 

 ostrich. 



