206 Artificial Flies for taking Salmon. 



black mohair and black hackle ; tip, golden pheasant's crest- 

 feather. When the waters are clear and bright, this is 

 reckoned very deadly in the Awe, and west-coast rivers. 



4. THE URCHAY. Wings, mottled, black and white tail- 

 feather of turkey ; body, dark-blue mohair, touched off with 

 twitch of orange ditto, two turns of light-blue floss-silk and 

 ostrich's herl, black hackle, gold tinsel ; shoulder, claret- 

 coloured hackle, over twitch of the same coloured mohair ; 

 tip, golden pheasant's crest-feather, ostrich's herl. 



5. THE TARTAN. Wings, dark speckled brown of tur- 

 key's tail, mixed with twelve peacock's herls ; body, a mix- 

 ture of every imaginable colour, forked with dark fibres of 

 mallard's feather, blood-red hackle, gold twist; shoulder, 

 copper-coloured mohair ; tip, forks of dark fibres of mal- 

 lard's feather. The body of this fly is made with each 

 colour separate, from yellow to black. 



6. THE BLACK DOG. Wings, of blue heron's feather 

 mixed with turkey's; body, lead-coloured mohair, ribbed 

 with gold lace, large black hackle ; shoulder, dark green 

 mohair. Divide the wings with gold twist, and make it ap- 

 pear about the head. 



7. THE BRIGHT BROWN. Wings, reddish-brown speckled 

 feather from turkey's tail ; body, bright brown hair, or fur 

 of bear mixed with gold-coloured mohair, black hackle, gold 

 ribs ; shoulder, deep red hackle over red mohair. 



8. THE COPPER HERL. Wings, mottled grey turkey's 

 tail ; body, copper-coloured peacock's herl ; pewet's topping 

 ribbed with silver, dark grizzled hackle, dress with dark red 

 silk ; tip, two long fibres of pheasant's tail-feather. 



For various Rivers. 



9. SPEY FLY. 1. Wings, brown mottled feather, taken 

 from the back of the mallard ; body, black and brown mo- 

 hair, or pig's wool, mixed; hackle taken from pendent 

 breast-feathers of male heron, broad gold or silver lace 

 lapped on widely ; tuft, yellow or orange. A thread of blue 

 silk is often wound on by the side of the silver lace, and the 

 side-feather of a barn- door-fowl instead of heron. 



