310 A BOOK ON ANGLING 



pheasant tail, bustard, and wood duck, one topping; blue 

 macaw ribs ; and black head ; hooks Nos. 6 to 8. 



THE BANN 



The following four flies are also by William Doherty and 

 Son : 



No. i. The Garibaldi Fly. This is an invention of Doherty 's, 

 and a showy-looking fly it is. It is tied in three joints ; tag, 

 silver thread and lemon floss; tail, a topping; butt, green 

 peacock herl ; first joint yellow-orange, three turns of silver 

 thread at joint, then yellowish-olive hackle and green peacock 

 herl above it ; second joint a shade redder orange, hackle, etc., 

 as before, the hackle a ruddier tinge in the olive ; third joint 

 same as last, with light claret hackle, blue jay at shoulder ; 

 under wing, two good-sized full-length tippet feathers, slips of 

 brown jay on either side, a topping over all ; red and blue 

 macaw ribs ; head, green peacock herl. 



No. 2. The Golden-olive Fly. This is a Ballyshannon 

 pattern ; at least a fly very much resembling it is used there. 

 Tag, silver thread, and medium blue floss ; tail, a topping ; 

 butt, black ostrich ; body, golden-yellow floss ; gold tinsel and 

 gold thread side by side ; hackle, golden-olive, blue jay at 

 shoulder ; wing, mixed bustard, grey mallard, and peacock, a 

 few fibres of tippet and red parrot, one topping, red and blue 

 macaw ribs ; black head. 



No. 3. The Blue Jay. This is the Blue Doctor dressed with 

 jay, instead of blue hackle, with a mixed wing as before, and 

 one topping. 



No. 4. The Green Grouse. Tag, gold thread and reddish 

 orange floss ; tail, a topping ; butt, brown ostrich ; body, 

 pea-green floss, narrow gold tinsel ; hackle, grouse, yellow- 

 olive at shoulder ; wing, mixed bustard, grey mallard and 

 tippet, one topping and blue macaw ribs ; head, black ostrich ; 

 hooks from 4 to 7. 



