448 WELSH SEWIX FLIES. 



*.vith fibres of gallina and golden pheasant tippet over ; 

 head, black. Size largish. 



Xo. 6. Tag, gold thread and a bit of lemon-yellow 

 crewel ; tail, red parrot ; body, medium purple claret pig's 

 wool, picked out; silver tinsel; red hackle only at shoulder; 

 wing, bright teal ; head, black. Size medium. 



Here are four sewin flies for the Oymore and Ewenny. 

 Mr. Berrington, among other favours, obtained me patterns 

 of four sewin flies for these rivers, the best, perhaps, in 

 Wales for sewin fishing. They are fished by ticket, but 

 as the tickets are usually in great request, there are seldom 

 any to spare for the public. 



No. 1. EarUy's Fancy. A topping for tail; body, 

 rusty red-brown fur; fine gold twist; hackle at shoulder 

 same colour or shade lighter than the fur; wing, cock 

 pheasant tail. Size, about No. 1 salmon size. 



No. 2. Barley's Fancy. Tail a few sprigs of tippet ; 

 body, dark claret fur; closely ribbed with gold tinsel; 

 hackle, a coch-y-bondu stained claret ; wing as before. 

 Two sizes smaller than the last. 



Polly Perkins. Tag, gold twist; tail, sprigs of 

 tippet ; body, peacock herl ; with fine gold wire; coch-y- 

 bondu hackle at shoulder ; wing, two small tippet feathers, 

 with small kingfishers at cheeks, and blue macaw ribs. 



The Wasp Fly. Three mauve hackle fibres for tail ; 

 black ostrich but ; body, peacock ribbed with yellow orange 

 floss ; wing, rich brown speckled hen. Last three hooks 

 the same size. 



These are all capital general flies, and would kill 

 salmon in fine water almost anywhere. 



Here are a number of patterns for the west and north- 

 west of Ireland, collected by myself on the spot. I have 

 found them to be first-rate killers, and do not hesitate 

 strongly to commend them. The first is a capital fly for 

 Erris, and will slaughter not only white trout, but when 



