THE CORTHY. 



golden pheasant's tail over ; blue and red macaw ribs ; 

 black head (the blue jay to be tied outside the wing). 

 This is the old Conway pattern. 



No. 4. Tag, silver thread, and yellow floss ; tail, yellow 

 swan, tippet and wood-duck sprigs; but, black ostrich 

 herl ; body, lightish medium blue floss ; hackle, the same ; 

 tinsel silver ; a little short wood-duck tied on at breast 

 hacklewise, also a tippet feather as a hackle over it ; wing, 

 two medium jungle-cock feathers, slips of tippet, golden 

 pheasant tail over this, and short wood-duck slips over 

 that ; black head. 



No. 4. Tag, silver thread and medium blue floss ; tail, 

 a topping and some wood-duck ; but, black ostrich ; body, 

 silver tinsel ; dark claret hackle, with a strand of yellow 

 silk laid on under and beside it, blue jay at shoulder ; 

 wing, plenty of wood-duck slips, tippet sprigs over, brown 

 mallard and golden pheasant tail over, a sprig or two of 

 yellow-olive swan ; blue macaw ribs ; black head. 



These flies may be varied in size to suit the water, and 

 will be found quite sufficient for the river. The sizes lent 

 to me vary from Nos. 5 to 9. 



THE CORTHY. 



The following two flies for the Corthy were forwarded 

 by Mr. Harrison of Lampeter, and the patterns are good 

 both for salmon and sewin : 



No. 1. Tag, silver tinsel; tail, scarlet ibis ; body, blot- 

 ting-paper red crewel ; narrow silver tinsel ; hackle, pale 

 lemon ; wings, light speckled turkey stained a bright 

 ochre-yellow. 



No. 2. Tag, silver tinsel ; tail, scarlet ibis ; body, light 

 yellow crewel; tinsel and hackle as before; wing, two 

 slips of blue macaw and two of white-tipped black turkey. 

 Both of the above are strange, unnatural, inharmonious 



