THE BUSH 309 



The following four flies were also made for me, through the 

 agency of my friend Mr. Brady, by Wm. Doherty and Son, fly 

 tyers, of Bushmills, whose handiwork is of a very neat and 

 masterly description, and who are the best authorities upon all 

 flies for the North of Ireland. 



No. i is called the Butcher Fly, though it is not the fly 

 known elsewhere as the Butcher. Tag, silver thread and 

 light orange floss ; tail, two or three fibres of tippet, blue 

 macaw and mallard ; butt, black ostrich ; body, dark red 

 claret mohair ; narrow silver tinsel ; hackle, the same colour 

 as the body, lightish blue hackle at shoulder ; wing, brown 

 mallard, blue macaw ribs ; black head. 



No. 2. The Judge. Tag, silver thread and light orange 

 floss ; tail, one topping ; butt, peacock herl ; body, silver tinsel; 

 hackle, a golden-olive or yellow-orange (the colour is something 

 between these two), red orange at shoulder, blue jay over it ; 

 wing, mixed of peacock, bustard with a few fibres of tippet, two 

 toppings over, and blue macaw ribs ; peacock herl head. 

 A very tasty fly. 



No. 3. The McGildowny. Tag, as before ; tail, same as 

 No. i ; butt, peacock herl ; body, two turns of light orange floss, 

 the rest yellow mohair ; narrow silver tinsel ; hackle, a dirty 

 medium brickdust red (dressed only two-thirds down), blue jay 

 at shoulder ; wing, mixed bustard, mallard, tippet (pretty 

 plentiful), and a little peacock ; head, peacock herl. 



No. 4. The Early. This is the same as No. i, save that the 

 butt is yellow mohair ; the body and hackle are some two 

 shades lighter, and there is a tippet feather for the under 

 wing ; hooks Nos. 6 and 7. 



The following two flies are from Farlow's : 



No. i. Powell's Fancy. Tag, gold tinsel and orange floss ; 

 tail, a topping ; butt, peacock herl ; body, two turns of orange 

 floss, the rest orange pig's wool (lighter towards tail, dark 

 towards shoulder), gold tinsel, just above and beside it, a 

 narrow thread of red, almost scarlet floss ; hackle, bright 

 red -orange, blue jay on shoulder; wing, gold pheasant 

 tail, bastard bustard, brown mallard, some tippet, grey 

 mallard stained yellow, wood-duck, red macaw ribs ; black 

 head. 



No. 2. The Grace. Tag, gold tinsel and yellow floss ; tail, a 

 topping ; butt, black ostrich ; body, dark rich ruby floss ; 

 thick gold twist ; hackle, bright reddish claret, medium orange 

 hackle at shoulder, with blue jay over it ; wings, peacock, gold 



