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burden my fly list with their description, but will merely 

 describe the plain flies referred to in the above letter. 



No. 4. This is the fly that killed the 48 salmon and 137 white 

 trout in a week. N.B. The white trout at Ballycroy run up to 

 six or seven pounds weight, and average from two to three 

 pounds. Tag, gold thread ; tail, a slip of mottled brown 

 turkey, and tuft of orange mohair ; butt, black ostrich ; body, 

 half orange mohair (inclining to darkish) and half black mohair ; 

 black hackle (over brown mohair only), gold thread over the 

 orange, and gold tinsel over the black part of body ; wing, rich 

 brown mottled turkey ; black head. 



No. 5. Tag, silver thread and orange floss ; tail, a topping ; 

 body, two-fifths dark dirty orange-yellow pig's wool, three-fifths 

 darkish claret, broadish gold tinsel ; medium claret hackle at 

 shoulder ; blue jay over brown mallard wing, and black head, 

 hooks 9 and 10. 



The fly which is lauded for the Erne will be found under 

 that river as the H. I. S. 



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(Costello, Ballynahinch, and Co.) These patterns are sent 

 me by Nicholson, of Galway, who ties for the district. Two or 

 three of them are old acquaintances renewed. 



The Costello I do not know from experience, but the Bally- 

 nahinch rivers and lakes I have fished. The river is short and 

 not very large, but what there is of it, above the weir, is pretty. 

 The lakes for scenery are lovely, and the sport at times is good, 

 more particularly with white trout, and a good take of salmon 

 may be got at times, wind, weather, and water permitting. 



No. i. Tag, gold tinsel and orange floss ; tail, a topping ; 

 body, a regular Lee body of silver-grey fur, with cuckoo dun 

 hackle to match ; silver twist ; blue jay on shoulder ; wing, a 

 long tippet (nearly full length of wing), some peacock, also a 

 few sprigs of green peacock herl, red, blue, and yellow macaw 

 sprigs the red most plentiful ; black head. 



No. 2. Tag, gold tinsel and orange floss ; tail, gallina ; body, 

 two-thirds medium blue floss, the upper third medium orange ; 

 silver tinsel ; hackle, a bright brown-olive, blue jay on shoulder 

 wing, gold pheasant tail, cock pheasant ditto, peacock, and 

 gallina, blue macaw ribs ; black head. 



No. 3. Tag, gold tinsel ; tail, a topping ; butt, black ostrich ; 

 body, three-fifths medium orange floss, the upper two-fifths 

 darkish blue floss ; gold tinsel ; darkish claret hackle ; wing a 





