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Page 75
... yellow macaw and parrot's feathers ; red ibis feathers ; breast - feathers of the toucan ; body and tail - feathers of the trogan ; jay's blue wing- feathers ; kingfisher's blue feathers , near the tail ; blue and red chatterer's ...
... yellow macaw and parrot's feathers ; red ibis feathers ; breast - feathers of the toucan ; body and tail - feathers of the trogan ; jay's blue wing- feathers ; kingfisher's blue feathers , near the tail ; blue and red chatterer's ...
Page 87
... yellow macaw . Hook , No. 2 . This is a magnificent fly of the largest size that need be used in any river . It is the standard Shannon - fly in the spring , and whenever the water of that famous river is high . If dressed on a No. 6 ...
... yellow macaw . Hook , No. 2 . This is a magnificent fly of the largest size that need be used in any river . It is the standard Shannon - fly in the spring , and whenever the water of that famous river is high . If dressed on a No. 6 ...
Page 87
... yellow hackle round the butt of the wings , which are to be of two toppings , mixed with bustard and sprigs of red and green parrot's tail , and to have blue kingfisher's at each side ; feelers , blue and yellow macaw , and black ...
... yellow hackle round the butt of the wings , which are to be of two toppings , mixed with bustard and sprigs of red and green parrot's tail , and to have blue kingfisher's at each side ; feelers , blue and yellow macaw , and black ...
Page 87
... yellow and red macaw ; small black ostrich head . Hook , No. 7. and 8 . This is a favourite general fly of mine at low water . I have killed well with it in Sutherland- shire . In the rivers of the south of Ireland , it is a standard ...
... yellow and red macaw ; small black ostrich head . Hook , No. 7. and 8 . This is a favourite general fly of mine at low water . I have killed well with it in Sutherland- shire . In the rivers of the south of Ireland , it is a standard ...
Page 87
... yellow macaw feelers , and blue mohair head . Hook , No. 6 . This is a deadly Sutherlandshire fly , particu- larly for the Shin and Laxford . It has been to me a plentiful purveyor of salmon . It is a model of a subdued gaudy fly , and ...
... yellow macaw feelers , and blue mohair head . Hook , No. 6 . This is a deadly Sutherlandshire fly , particu- larly for the Shin and Laxford . It has been to me a plentiful purveyor of salmon . It is a model of a subdued gaudy fly , and ...
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angler angling Argus pheasant Ballyshannon bittern black hackle black head black ostrich head blue and yellow blue hackle blue macaw Body brown mallard brown turkey bustard cast casting-line cloth colour dyed yellow dyeing Edition Engravings Fcap fibres fiery-brown fish flies fly-fishing fly-fishing for salmon Foolscap 8vo gold tinsel gold twist golden pheasant neck-feather grilse grouse hackle guinea-hen Invershin J. C. Loudon kill mohair months morocco orange hackle orange mohair orange tag peacock harl pig's hair pig's wool Plates pool Post 8vo red ibis ribbed with gold ribbed with silver river river Shin rod and line salmon-fishing salmon-fly season Shannon Shin side silver pheasant silver tinsel silver twist small topping smolts spawning spawning-bed Spey spotted turkey stream Sutherlandshire throw tinsel and gold tipped topping for tail trout turkey tail turkey tail-feather TWEED-FLIES vols winch winch-line Wings and hook Wood Woodcuts yellow mohair Young
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