THK WYE. 



No. 1. Tag, silver twist; tail, a topping; but, black 

 ostrich ; body, black wool ; a magenta hackle at shoulder ; 

 silver thread ; wings, two biggish tippet feathers, some 

 strips of light turkey dyed yellow, with brown mallard 

 over. A well used fly, evidently a favourite. 



No. 2. The same body and tail, but with two turns of 

 orange floss above the but ; black hackle all up, darkish 

 blue at shoulder ; wing, tippet-sprigs, some blue and red 

 macaw, a little gold pheasant tail, and some brown mallard ; 

 head black. 



No. 3. Tag, silver twist ; tail a topping ; but, black 

 ostrich; body, dark olive wool; gold tinsel (moderate); 

 hackle, dark brownish red (natural), with jay at shoulder; 

 wing, mixed tippet, wood-duck, brown mallard, buff and 

 lavender swan ; black head. Another well-tried old 

 favourite. 



TUB WTB 



Is a very different river from what it was when this book 

 was first written. The netting has been so close that the 

 angling has been all but destroyed, and the upper waters 

 are now nearly abandoned by the disgusted proprietary 

 to the poachers, who have a great time of it in the spawn- 

 ing season. The accompanying patterns come from Mr. 

 Hotchkiss, a^ great authority on the river, and were pro- 

 cured for me by Mr. Berrington. Nos. 1 and 2 are the 

 old 1 and 3 of former editions. 



No. 1. The Bittern (see Plate XI. fig. 1). Tag, silver 

 twist ; tail, a topping, wood-duck and ibis ; body, rather 

 full, of bright golden floss ; hackle, longish and full, and 

 of a peculiar shade of olive-yellow, which is obtained by 

 staining a medium blue dun a pale yellow, this gives it an 

 olive-greenish yellow tint of a very taking look ; wing, 

 two good clearly-marked bittern hackles ; the best 



