414 MR. HAYXES'S PATTERNS. 



No. 1. Tag, silver tinsel and orange floss; tail tippet 

 and gallina ; body in short joints of wool, dark blue, orange 

 red (getting to vermilion), darkish green (inclining to sage 

 green), silver grey, with hackles of each colour to match, 

 and orange red at shoulder ; silver tinsel ; wing, sprigs of 

 cock pheasant ; yellow, blue, and red swan ; brown mallard 

 over, and blue macaw ribs; black head; very like Blacker's 

 old Spirit flies. 



No. 2. Tag M before ; tail, tippet and wood-duck ; 

 black ostrich but ; body, two-fifths darkish medium blue 

 floes with a like hackle over, and fine silver twist ; a yellow 

 hackle at joint, then three-fifths dark silver grey fur ; 

 similar hackle and narrow silver tinsel over ; claret hackle 

 at shoulder ; wing, red parrot, wood-duck, brown mallard, 

 and blue macaw ribs ; black head. 



No. 3. Tag as before; tail, a topping; body, bright 

 medium blue chenille ribbed with silver tinsel, and yellow 

 hackle with the slightest orange tinge all up, jay at 

 shoulder ; wing, sprigs of tippet, a bit of gold pheasant 

 rump, a little florican, gallina and brown mallard, with 

 blue macaw ribs ; and black head. 



No. 4. Tag, silver tinsel, dark blue floss ; tail, a top- 

 ping ; but, black ostrich ; body, black floss ; silver tinsel ; 

 yellow hackle as before ; jay at shoulder ; wing and head 

 as in the last. The above four wings must not be too 

 heavy. 



Now come two fancies. 



No. 5. Tag and tail as in No. 3 ; but, black ostrich ; 

 body, dark blue floss ; silver thread ; dark claret hackle all 

 up ; jay at shoulder ; wing, six hackle points, two scarlet 

 in the middle, violet on either side of them, and clear 

 yellow outside ; black head. 



No. 6. The Spider, I call it. Tag, silver tinsel and 

 dark blue floss ; tail, two small jungle-cock points ; body, 

 two turns of black floss, and the rest of a light orange ; 



