SEA TROUT FLIES 319 



half black ; hackle, coch y bondu, the black tint of the hackle 

 predominating ; wing, teal. Medium size. 



No. 4. Tail as before ; body, black ostrich herl, silver 

 thread ; hackle, coch y bondu ; wing, bright, well-marked teal. 

 Two sizes. 



No. 5. Tail, short golden floss ; body, ruddy orange, gold 

 thread ; red hackle, with a scrap of black at the butt of the 

 feather ; wing, the brown speckled feathers from a woodcock's 

 tail, or the rump of a brown speckled hen. Medium size. 



No. 6. Tail as before ; body, half dirty orange ; upper 

 half black, fine gold thread ; hackle, coch y bondu ; wing, two 

 slips from a dun feather, either landrail or the lighter part of 

 partridge tail. The smaller sizes. 



No. 7. The White Tip. I never did a great deal with this 

 fly, but it is a standard Tweed pattern, so I give it. Tail, short 

 orange floss ; body, black ostrich herl, silver thread ; hackle, 

 dark coch y bondu, with only a little red at the tips of the 

 fibres ; wing, two shreds from the black and white wing 

 feather of a wild drake, three-fourths black and one-fourth a 

 bright white tip. 



If one of these seven flies do not stir the sea trout on the 

 Tweed and many another Scotch river, the angler may go 

 home, as far as sea trout are concerned. These are all dressed 

 by Jamie Wright, of Sprouston, on whom my benison, for they 

 are perfection. 



Here is a batch for the west of Ireland, which I got years 

 ago from McGowan, of Bruton Street, Berkeley Square, 

 formerly a light of science at Ballyshannon, but now a Saga on 

 Norwegian mysteries. They are capital patterns, wonderfully 

 tied, perfect miniature salmon flies, and for killing they are 

 not at all easy to beat ; I have killed " wales o' fish " with 

 some of them, particularly with No. i. 



No. i. Tail, a whisk from the cock of the rock's breast 

 feather ; body, light claret-red pig's wool ; hackle, the same, 

 fineish gold tinsel ; under wing, a fragment of golden pheasant 

 tippet, over it brown mallard ; black head. Medium size. 



No. 2. Tail, sprigs of golden pheasant tippet, and teal ; 

 body, dirty reddish brown (almost the colour of dark cow's 

 hair) , gold thread ; red hackle with a black butt to it from the 

 shoulder ; wing, mixed, bustard predominating, with fibres of 

 gallina, two or three sprigs of golden pheasant tippet, and 

 sword feather with peacock's breast ; head, peacock's herl. 

 Large size. 



