CHAPTER XII 



SALMON FLIE S continued 

 List of Flies for Wales and England List of Sea Trout Flies 



THE USK 



NO. i. The Llanovtr. This fly being the production 

 of the late Lord Llanover, I have distinguished it 

 by his name. It is one of the best killers on the 

 Usk. Tag, silver twist ; tail, a topping. The 

 body is a Namsen body (see Namsen, p. 254) ; hackle at 

 shoulder, a dirty smudgy coch y bondu hackle ; wing, mixed 

 brown (mottled) turkey, bastard bustard, pintail, blue, yellow, 

 and claret swan (the first most plentiful), a topping over all, 

 blue macaw ribs ; and peacock herl head. 



No. 2. Tag, silver twist ; tail, a topping; body, one half 

 orange and yellow pig's wool mixed, the other half lemon pig's 

 wool ; hackle, light orange ; the hackles in all Usk and Wye 

 flies are long and full, and dressed from head to tail ; silver 

 tinsel ; wing, a pair of bittern hackles with strips of bustard, 

 and wood-duck over them ; blue macaw ribs. 



No. 3. Tag, gold twist ; tail, sprigs of gold pheasant sword 

 feather and yellow macaw ; body, olive and yellow pig's wool 

 mixed, doubled gold twist ; silver-grey dun hackle, blue jay at 

 shoulder ; wing, a bunch of bronze peacock herl ; hooks from 

 6 to 8. Patterns from Farlow. 



No. 4. Another fly that kills well, and which was dressed 

 for me by one of the Martins, of Brecon, when I was there, is a 

 yellowish buff wool body, rather full ; bright yellow hackle, 

 and wing of a pair of the under wing feathers of the snipe, or 

 similar ones from under a hawk's wing, stained medium yellow ; 

 tail, grey mallard, stained yellow, and a kingfisher feather. 

 This fly is varied with a lighter buff body and a grizzled blue 

 dun hackle, or with a light green crewel tail, and unstained 

 ribbed feathers from under the woodcock's wing. 



The following four are by Peake, of Abergavenny, a well- 

 known local maker and first-rate practical authority : 



