322 A BOOK ON ANGLING 



sword feather with yellow sprigs ; body, black mohair with a 

 little dark red picked out at the shoulder, silver tinsel ; hackle, 

 black ; wing, dark jay, and some tippet sprigs over. All these 

 flies have black heads, and are dressed of large size. 



I had some patterns sent me specially for Erris rivers and 

 lakes, more particularly for Maxwell's river the Ballycroy 

 a very famous white trout river, in which my friend Mr. S., 

 who rented it, as I have before stated, for some years, killed 

 magnificent baskets of white trout, many of them running up 

 often to five and six pounds' weight. Four of these flies are 

 very much alike ; the bodies vary a little in the shade of 

 orange ; the tags are all silver tinsel and ruby floss ; the tails 

 a sprig or two of golden pheasant's tail ; they all have the 

 somewhat unusual appendage to a white trout fly, of a black 

 ostrich butt. The bodies are pig's wool, more or less of a 

 red or yellow orange, gold thread. One of them is half orange 

 and half black. The hackles are black ; wings of two, brown 

 mallard ; in the other two a bit of peacock's wing or hen 

 pheasant's is thrown in. The fifth fly is a very pretty one : no 

 tail or tag ; body, lake floss, then orange floss, and then lake 

 again ; hackle, a yellow olive ; black hackle at shoulder, 

 amidst which on the breast a fibre or two of dark blue and 

 claret mohair is tied in ; wing, landrail and brown mallard, 

 with a small topping over. I should think this fly would be in 

 request. It is a very pretty pattern the body smacks a little 

 of the Moy. They all have black heads, and are of medium 

 size. 



Here are half a dozen for Lough Currane (or Waterville). 

 They were sent me by Haynes, of Cork, whose small flies are 

 perfection. 



No. i. Tag, a few turns of gold thread ; tail, a few sprigs of 

 tippet ; body, dark sandy red (red hair red), gold thread. 

 Hackle, red when held up to the light golden olive ; wing, a 

 darkish bit of bustard. Largish size. 



No. 2. Tag, and tail as before ; body, very dark claret pig's 

 wool, gold thread ; very dark blue hackle, a nice streaky bit of 

 cock pheasant. Largish size. 



No. 3. Tag and tail as before ; body, claret, two shades 

 lighter than the last fly ; hackle, the same colour, gold thread ; 

 argus hackle at shoulder (grouse may be substituted in default) ; 

 wing, well mottled hen pheasant ; black head. Same size as 

 the last two flies. 



No. 4. Tag and tail as before ; body, medium brown pig's 



