ANGLING FOR SAL^fON. 



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As a spring fly, make the wings of the dark mottled 

 brown or blackish feather of a turkey ; body of orange 

 camlet mixed with a little mohair; and a dusky red 

 or bright brown cock's hackle, plucked from the back, 

 where the fibres are longest, for the legs. The hook 

 should be No. 2 ; and it has been observed that all 

 large salmon-flies should be dressed upon two or three 

 lengths of gut twisted together, and that the silk in 

 dressing be brought beyond the shank of the hook, 

 and wrapped four or five times round the gut, so that 

 it may not speedily cut by the sharpness of the steel. 

 This same fly, dressed with the wings of a somewhat 

 lighter shade, and with the addition of a Uttle gold wire 

 or thread, wrapped round the body at equal distances, 

 will also serve for a more advanced season of the 

 year. 



The Quaker fly is of smaller size, and may some- 



