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largish tippet feather, brown speckled turkey, gold pheasant 

 tail, blue, green, and yellow swan, and blue macaw ribs ; black 

 head. 



No. 4. This is a weird-looking fly ; the contrast between the 

 dark blue body and light yellow hackle is so strong. Tag, gold 

 tinsel and light orange floss ; tail, a topping ; body, dark blue 

 floss ; silver tinsel ; hackle, light yellow, blue jay on shoulder ; 

 wing, brown mallard (streaked), gold pheasant tail, and some 

 sword feather ; blue macaw ribs. 



No. 5. Tag, gold twist and yellow floss ; tail, teal, mallard, 

 green parrot and flamingo ; but, black ostrich ; body, two- 

 thirds ruby floss and one-third medium blue ; hackle, darkish 

 blue, flamingo feather as hackle at shoulder, clipped at breast ; 

 wing, a rump feather of gold pheasant, light yellow-green 

 parrot, a little pintail and brown mallard over all ; blue macaw 

 ribs, black head. Vary this fly with a black hackle and all ruby 

 body, no blue. 



No. 6. Tag, silver thread and light blue floss ; tail, a topping ; 

 butt, black ostrich; body, light orange floss; silver thread; 

 black hackle, blue jay on shoulder ; wing, mottled argus, sprigs 

 of tippet, green parrot, and gold pheasant tail, well mixed ; 

 black head. 



These flies vary pretty much in the order in which they are 

 described, from 7 to n. 



THE INCHIQUIN FLY 



This is a fly used, as its name implies, chiefly on the Inchi- 

 quin lake ; but it is a standard pattern throughout the West of 

 Ireland. Tail, brown mallard, and some purple fibres from the 

 peacock's breast ; body, fiery red pig's wool (like to the dark 

 red hair or whiskers of a thorough bog-trotter) , gold thread ; a 

 red hackle at shoulder ; brown mallard wing, well backed with 

 strands from the peacock's breast. Both body and hackle may 

 be made darker at pleasure. Hooks 10 to n. 



THE LENNAN AND LOCH FERN IN DONEGAL 



The Lennan is a dull river, and with the exception of close 

 to the weir, is not of much use for salmon-fishing ; but Loch 

 Fern, from which it runs, gives fair sport at times. Loch Fern 

 is not a large lake, and is weedy and shallow ; it is hardly worth 

 going to, unless the angler chances to be going to or from 

 Gweedore, via Rathmelton. 



