FISHING TACKLE AND HOW TO MAKE IT. 



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teal-breast; body, cardinal silk; tag, peacock herl; tail, fibers 

 from golden pheasant tippet; hackle, brown. 



M. — Alexandra. — This fly is formed as follows, and is an 

 instance of a bunch of separate fibers forming the wings. 

 Wing of peacock feathers; tail of peacock fibers; body, white 

 silk ribbed silver tinsel; tag. red silk; hackle, white. This is 

 the invention of an English Trout-breeder and sportsman, 

 the late Col. Gerald Goodlake. He used it with great success 

 in taking the large American Brook Trout he bred for his fish- 

 ery. By the way, these fish grew to six and seven pounds 

 weight, and then disappeared — probably down-stream to 

 the ocean. 



Plate 2. — N. — Silver Doctor — Salmon Fly. — This fly 



Fig. 28. 

 is a superb creation, and as productive of sport as it is 

 handsome to look at. (Before describing it, however, it is 

 necessary to make the reader acquainted with the technical 

 names of the different parts of a fly. As these are more 

 numerous in the Salmon-fly, I give in fig. 28, the diagram of 



