rJL> TIIK BUSH. 



gold tinsel ; wing, a bunch of copper-coloured peacock 

 herl, and a good slip or two of blue macaw over it. This 

 is a striking-looking fly, owing to the hackle chiefly. 



No. 3. Tag, gold tinsel and lightish blue pig's wool ; 

 tail, Indian jay, and fibres of a buff hackle ; body, dark 

 red (tending to claret) pig's wool, rough and picked 

 out ; gold tinsel ; lightish blue hackle at shoulder ; wing, 

 as in the last fly, with a slip of red parrot or macaw 

 added. 



No. 4 is a small Galway pattern. Tag, gold twist and 

 orange floss; tail, a topping; body, lake floss; hackle, 

 gallina trimmed on the breast ; fine silver tinsel ; a turn or 

 two of blue jay on shoulder ; wing, mixed gold pheasant 

 tail, gallina, tippet, bustard, mallard, green sprigs ; blue 

 macaw ribs, and a short kingfisher feather ; black head. 

 The hooks run from Nos. 7 to 12. 



The Nore is more of a summer river than the Suir, 

 and the above patterns will kill well late in the season. 



THE BUSH 



Is a smallish and not very interesting river, being dull 

 and heavy, and wanting in that briskness of stream and 

 broken water which the experienced salmon fisher loves to 

 see ; but, like many other rivers of the same nature, it often 

 holds a large quantity of fish, and in suitable weather 

 gives very good takes to the rod. 



The following four flies were also made for me, 

 through the agency of my friend Mr. Brady, "by Win. 

 Doherty and Son, fly tyers, of Bushmills. It was a 

 favourite river with Dr. Peard, who rented it, and who 

 speaks very warmly of it in ' The Year of Liberty.' 



No. 1 is called the Butcher Fly, though it is not the 

 fly known elsewhere as fc the Butcher.' Tag, silver thread 

 and light orange floss ; tail, two or three fibres of tippet, 



