440 SCOTCH SEA-TROUT FLIES. 



floss silk ; body, a dark ruddy brown or brown red (some- 

 thing the colour of dark red hair) pig's wool ; fine silver 

 twist ; hackle, coch-y-bondu (red with black centre) ; wing, 

 two strips of bright teal. Three sizes of this fly should 

 always be kept on hand, from the largest to the smallest 

 sea-trout size. 



No. 2. Much the same dressing ; the body bright orange 

 with a black hackle. Medium size. 



No. 3. Tail as before ; body, lower half dark red, upper 

 half black ; hackle, coch y-bondu, the black tint of the 

 hackle predominating ; wing, teal. Medium size. 



No. 4. Tail as before ; body, black ostrich herl ; silver 

 thread ; hackle, coch-y-bondu ; wing, bright, well-marked 

 teal. Two sizes. 



No. 5. Tail, short golden floss; body, ruddy orange, 

 gold thread ; red hackle, with a scrap of black at the but 

 of the feather ; wing, the brown speckled feathers from a 

 woodcock's tail, or the rump of a brown speckled hen. 

 Medium size. 



No. 6. Tail as before ; body, lower half dirty orange ; 

 upper half black ; fine gold thread ; hackle, coch-y-bondu ; 

 wing, two slips from a dun feather, either landrail or the 

 lighter part of partridge tail. The smaller sizes. 



No. 7. The White Tip. I never did a great deal with 

 this fly, but it is a standard Tweed pattern, so I give it. 

 Tail, short orange floss ; body, black ostrich herl ; silver 

 thread ; hackle, dark coch-y-bondu, with only a little red 

 at the tips of the fibres ; wing, two shreds from the black 

 and white wing feather of a wild drake, three-fourths 

 black and one-fourth a bright white tip. 



If one of these seven flies do not stir the sea trout on 

 the Tweed and many another Scotch river, the angler may 

 go home, as far as sea trout are concerned. These are all 

 dressed by Jamie Wright, of Sprouston, on whom my 

 benison, for they are perfection. 



