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on a blue body, wrapped with silver tinsel, with a strip ol 

 golden pheasant, and a blue jay feather, full at shoulder, 

 a killing fly everywhere. It is a favourite with one of the 

 most successful anglers on the Fergus and Shannon. Mr 

 Charles Armstrong of Larch Hill has kindly forwarded me 

 the following hints, with respect to the best lakes and 

 streams in his neighbourhood. With respect to trout and 

 trouting, he says, the principal trout lakes in, Clare are 

 Inchiquin and Dromore. The flies used on both are very 

 much the same, and are known by the name of Inchiquin, 

 Dromore, and Loohabar flies. The colour distinguish them, 

 such as brown, black, cinnamon, claret, frieze-brown, &c. 

 They are nearly aU fur or mohair bodies, and are tied on Nos, 

 5, 6, and 7 hooks as follows : — Gold tinsel tail, a couple of 

 turns of orange, yellow or green silk under jib, which 

 should consist of three fibres of brown mallard hackle to 

 suit body. The body should be of mohair, slight at the 

 tail, and getting fuller towards the head. Four turns of 

 tinsel on body. For the wing a little peacock blue breast 

 feather to form the body of the wing, and a sufficient 

 quantity of brown mallard to form each side wing. Pea- 

 cock or ostrich tail for head. 



On some flies partridge and rail may be put on the 

 wing, instead of mallard. These flies of difierent colours 

 hold good during the season. 



Hare's ear and hare's tail and yellow, with the wing of 

 a starling, are also good. 



Lochahar is another name for the orange or green grouse 

 and rail, with the addition of a little gold pheasant butter 

 feather in the wing. 



In February, cinnamon, copper-coloured, deep brown, 

 and black are excellent. Large hare's ear and yellow or 



