412 THE LAI 



No. 4. Tag, gold tinsel and lemon-yellow wool; tail, 

 fibres of mallard, gallinn, a topping and kingfisher feather ; 

 body, copper-coloured mohair ; hackle, medium blue ; 

 wing, brown turkey and gold pheasant mixed, with fibres 

 of blue macaw; black head. The bodies are sparely 

 dressed. Hooks Nos. 6, 7, and 8. 



THK LAUNE. 



The salmon enter Killarney through the Laune, in the 

 upper part of which good sport is often had. The Laune 

 i a fine wide river, rather heavy down towards Killorglin, 

 but streamy and likely in the upper reaches. The fish do 

 not rest long in it in the early part of the season ; they 

 make at once for the lakes. Later on, however, good sport 

 may be got in it. 



No. 1. Tag, orange floss ; tail, tippet sprigs; but, black 

 ostrich ; body, half bright medium green, and half light 

 orange floss; gold tinsel (narrow); medium blue hackle, 

 brown hackle (not too long in fibre) at shoulder; wing, 

 brown turkey, with a few fibres of tippet and blue macaw 

 thrown in. 



No. 2. This fly resembles the last, save that the body is 

 in four joints ; ruby-red, and orange alternately. The 

 main hackle is blue jay, and there is a topping in the 

 tail. 



No. 3. Tag, silver tinsel ; tail, tippet sprigs and king- 

 fisher feather ; but, black ostrich ; body medium orange 

 floss; gold tinsel (narrow): hackle grouse clipped 

 round (short), light orange hackle at shoulder ; wing, 

 tippet feather, gold pheasant tail au nature!, and a si 

 portion stained claret ; head black. 



All the Laune bodies must be dressed as spare as po 

 sible, the hackles are short in fibre, and of the same sis 

 as in the Killarney and Flesk flies ; and a peculiarity 



