THE LEE, CORK 303 



The flies for Killarney, the Flesk, and Laune, were tied for 

 me by the fishermen there, when I was fishing in that quarter 

 some years ago. 



THE LEE, CORK 



The Lee is in parts rather a quiet placid river ; in many 

 places, however, it breaks out into fine bold pools and streams, 

 which form the very beau-ideal of the angler. It is not a very 

 early river, though occasionally giving a spring fish or two to the 

 persevering angler ; but it gives capital sport later on. In 

 parts it is a good deal cross lined. 



No. i". The Yellow Anthony. Tag, silver twist ; tail, a 

 topping ; butt, a scrap of yellow mohair ; body, bluish silver- 

 grey wool or fur ; fine silver twist ; silver grey dun hackle ; 

 dirty yellow hackle on shoulder ; wing, a bit of peacock with 

 mallard over it, blue macaw ribs ; black head. 



No. 2. The Orange Anthony. Tag and tail as before ; butt, 

 a scrap of orange mohair ; body, three turns of darkish blue 

 mohair ; the rest bluish silver-grey as before, a darkish blue 

 hackle over the blue part, and silver-grey cuckoo dun over the 

 grey part ; medium orange hackle on shoulder ; wing, as 

 before with kingfisher on either cheek. 



No. 3 is similar to No. 2, save that for orange butt and hackle, 

 medium claret is to be substituted, and a few tippet sprigs let 

 into the wing and no kingfisher. 



No. 4 is similar to No. i, save that it has blue jay ^hackle 

 for yellow, some tippet sprigs in the wing, and kingfisher at the 

 cheeks. 



No. 5. Tag, silver twist; tail, a topping; butt, claret 

 mohair ; body, two-thirds bluish silver-grey fur, cuckoo dun 

 hackle over it to match, clipped, the rest of body darkish blue 

 mohair with medium blue hackle over ; silver twist ; brown 

 claret hackle at shoulder ; wing, strips of gold pheasant tail, 

 brown mallard and peacock, a few tippet and black partridge 

 fibres, blue macaw ribs, kingfisher at cheeks ; black head. 



No. 6. Tag, gold twist ; tail, a topping ; body, dark brown 

 claret pig's wool ; gold twist ; hackle very dark blue, blue jay 

 at shoulder ; wing, a few fibres of tippet and bastard bustard 

 with dark brown mallard wing over ; blue macaw ribs, largish 

 kingfisher at cheeks ; black head. 



Blacker used to dress some of these flies in distinct joints, 

 with a short hackle at either joint, as in his " spirit flies " as 

 he called them, but this does not make any addition to their 





