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tied on as a hackle at shoulder ; wing, five or six toppings ; 

 blue macaw ribs ; black head. This is of course a high water 

 fly ; hook No. 9. 



No. 2. The Thunder and Lightning. Tag, gold tinsel ; 

 tail, a topping; butt, black ostrich; body, three turns of 

 lightish orange floss, the rest of black floss ; gold tinsel ; 

 light orange hackle, with a little jay at shoulder ; wing, dark 

 brown mallard, one topping over it ; blue macaw ribs ; dark 

 purple head ; hooks from 7 to 10. (Plate XVIII, Fig. 3.) 



No. 3. The Orange and Grouse. Tag, silver tinsel ; tail, 

 a topping and kingfisher feather ; butt, black ostrich ; body, 

 three turns of lake floss, and the rest of light orange floss ; 

 silver tinsel ; hackle, longish grouse, trimmed on the breast, 

 not on the back, three or four toppings over it for wing ; blue 

 jay (sparely) at shoulder ; blue macaw ribs ; and black head. 

 The grouse fibres help the wing. This and the last are good 

 general flies, and most of the Moy flies are more or less generally 

 useful patterns ; hooks 10 to 12. 



No. 4. Tag, silver tinsel ; tail, a topping ; body, two 

 turns of buff floss, the rest of lake floss ; silver tinsel ; medium 

 orange hackle, blue jay at shoulder ; wing, a tippet and two 

 thin cock or rock feathers, fine strips of black partridge and 

 gold pheasant tail, a topping, and blue macaw ribs ; purple 

 head ; hooks 8 to 10. 



No. 5. Tag, gold tinsel ; tail, a topping ; butt, black ostrich ; 

 body, two turns of buff floss, the rest of copper-coloured floss ; 

 gold tinsel ; gallina hackle, trimmed on the breast, not on 

 back ; blue jay at shoulder (moderate) ; wing, two or three 

 thin cock of rock and reddish toucan feathers, sprigs of tippet 

 and gold pheasant tail, and brown mallard, one topping, and 

 blue macaw ribs ; purple head ; hooks 9 and 10. 



No. 6. Tag, gold tinsel ; tail, a topping, and kingfisher 

 feather ; butt, black ostrich ; body, three turns of orange 

 floss, the rest of black ditto, or of black horsehair, which gives 

 a brighter and more durable body ; gold tinsel ; gallina 

 hackle, trimmed on breast, not on back ; wing, brown mallard 

 one topping, and blue macaw ribs ; black head ; hooks 7 to n. 

 The above are all patterns I obtained from Pat Hearns, 

 of Ballina, some years since : they are standards. For so 

 large a river the Moy flies are small. The fish are mostly 

 grilse, and only grilse flies, and those, at times, of small size, 

 are needed. In the spring, when larger fish are now taken, 

 they may be used two or three sizes larger. Writing to Hearns 



