434 THE TIVEY AND TOWEY. 



wool ; broad gold tinsel ; black hackle half way down ; 

 brown bustard hackle at shoulder ; wing, a short tippet, 

 shreds of bustard, gold pheasant's tail, and gallina, one or 

 two fibres of yellow and orange swan ; blue macaw ribs ; 

 black head. Hooks Nos. 6 and 7. Mr. Beynon says that the 

 Tave is rather a sulky river, and the wings should be 

 dressed pretty close to the back. 



No. 4 has tail and body much the same as last, only a 

 shade greener, with hackle of the same, and jay at shoulder; 

 wing, some tippet and rump sprigs gold pheasant's tail, 

 and brown mallard. 



No. 5 is a curious beast. It has a Blue Doctor body 

 shade and jay hackle two-thirds down ; then comes a yellow- 

 orange hackle and a joint of the same coloured floss to the 

 tail, which is a topping ; with gold twist tag ; claret 

 hackle at shoulder ; wing, as before, with a little wood- 

 duck and blue and red macaw. 



No. 6 is the best autumn fly. It is, in fact, the old 

 fiery brown. Tail, red ibis ; tag, silver twist ; body, fiery 

 brown wool that looks dark red when you look at it but 

 brown when held up to the light ; hackle, the same all 

 up ; gold tinsel ; wing, fibres of wood-duck and tippet, 

 brown mallard, blue and red macaw the red predomi- 

 nates and some green parrot. All these flies have black 

 ostrich heads, and are tied on double hooks Nos. 7, 8, and 9. 



THE TIVET OR TEIFI, AND TOWEY. 



These are all the latest patterns, and were procured 

 for me by Mr. Berrington, the present chairman of the 

 Usk Conservancy, from Mr. Brigstocke, formerly secretary 

 to the Tivey Board. They are the handiwork of Colonel 

 Lewes of Llandissal, one of the keenest and best rods on 

 the river, and chairman of the Tivey Board. 



No. 1 is called Black Joe. Tag, gold twist ; tail, a 



