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sort of flies ; but there is no accounting for taste, espe- 

 cially in fishes. Hooks Nos. 9 to 11. 



No. 3. Here is one still more inharmonious. It 

 comes from Mr. Beynon, who says that it was sent him by 

 an experienced hand on the river, but he had not much 

 faith. Tag, gold tinsel; tail, a shred of yellow-green 

 parrot and a bit of drake dyed yellow ; body, a sort of 

 magenta-claret ; hackle, the same ; fine gold tinsel ; and 

 wing, bright sky-blue swan. It certainly is a ' curio.' 

 Mr. Morgan says, too, that claret todies are best for the 

 Corthy. 



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These patterns come from Mr. Beynon, an habitue of 

 the river. 



No. 1. The Trewem Ticlder. An old standard favour- 

 ite. There is no tail to it. It has two horns of gold 

 tinsel, and then the body of darkish medium blue wool 

 with black hackle two-thirds down, and jay at shoulder ; 

 wing, a tippet feather with brown mallard over. Mr. 

 Beynon says of it : ' For June, July, and August, the body 

 should be made of floss silk instead of mohair ' (Mr. B. 

 means pig's wool, as that is the substance of the body) 

 ' and when dressed small it is a capital sewin fly,' which 

 there can be no doubt of, as it is a standard Connemara 

 white trout pattern. * 



No. 2. Tag, silver tinsel and orange floss ; tail, a top- 

 ping ; body, half medium blue wool and half dark burnt 

 sienna brown ; gallina hackle at shoulder ; wing, mixed 

 fibres of tippet, light speckled peacock, gold pheasant's 

 tail, and rump feather, bastard, yellow swan, with three 

 or four strands of emerald peacock herl. 



No. 3. This is Mr. Beynon's pet. Tag, silver tinsel ; 

 tail, lemon-yellow swan ; body, a lightish dirty yellow 



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