418 MK. HAY.NT.S PATTK1INS. 



a medium blue instead of a yellow hackle at the shoulder, 

 and tippet instead of peacock in the wing. It is dressed 

 of large sea-trout size for summer, or No. 10 or 11. 



No. 2 ronamhioi No. 2 in the Lee flies, save that the 

 grey and claret are reversed in position, the hackle is 

 claret, and the shoulder medium blue. Hook No. 7. 



No. 3. Tag, gold tinsel and orange floss ; tail, one top- 

 ping; body (wool) and hackles, dark blue and dark claret 

 (half and half), gallina stained pale blue hackled on the 

 shoulder ; fine gold twist ; wing (streaked) gold pheasant 

 tail, some tippet, brown mallard over; kingfisher at 

 cheek ; black head. Hook No. 7 or 8. 



No. 4. Tag, silver tinsel and orange floss ; tail, tippet 

 and mallard; body, dark blue mohair; silver twist; 

 hackle, very dark blue, blue jay on shoulder ; wing, tippet, 

 peacock, red parrot, and mallard over ; black head. Hook 

 No. 10 or 11. 



No. 5. Tag, silver tinsel and orange floss ; tail, brown 

 mallard and tippet; body, dirty dark brown olive wool; 

 hackle the same, light orange hackle on shoulder; fin* 

 gold twist; wing, tippet, florican, and brown mallard 

 over ; blue macaw ribs ; black head. Hook Nos. 10 or 11 J 



No. 6. Tag, silver tinsel and orange floss ; tail, tippet, 

 a topping, green parrot and mallard ; body, dirty olive-; 

 yellow pig's wool ; gold twist ; hackle, medium blue, light; 

 orange on shoulder; wing, tippet, gold pheasant tailJ 

 green parrot and brown mallard over. Hooks Nos. 8 and 9.j 

 Years ago I had this pattern of Blacker when starting 

 up to Thurso, and I never could make out what part ofl 

 the country it hailed from, for I never could kill with it,; 

 though much liking the look of the fly and often trying! 

 it. 1 Mr. Haynes has solved the mystery for me. Blackeij 

 was a Cork man originally. 



1 After keeping it twenty years ineffective I killed three fish with it 

 last year in the Tay, when the loop broke. 



