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that they could not be perceived by the fish if it 

 was at all agitated by the wind. At such times the 

 trout are rising in all directions, apparently in 

 sport, but upon examination they will be found to 

 have fifty or more of these little specks collected in 

 the throat. To imitate the size then is out of the 

 question, the most we can do is to come as near as 

 possible to the colors, and if we have nothing like 

 it in our collection, to make one upon the spot, 

 though it may be twenty times as large. 



But enough of calms, the test of an angler's skill. 

 The most showy and therefore the most killing 

 salmon flies, resemble nothing which skims the 

 air; after the body requiring great nicety in 

 the operation of tying, they are principally made 

 up of a mass of the most gaudy feathers pos- 

 sible ; well arranged, gay and attractive as the 

 butterfly, and intermingling their tints like the pris- 

 matic colors of the rainbow. Such are the Irish 

 flies of Martin Kelly, some remarks upon which, 

 taken from an English Magazine, we here subjoin, 

 as they apply to fly fishing and fly making in gen- 

 eral. 



" 1 would recommend every man who aspires 

 to be a first rate salmon fisher, or is likely to 

 have frequent opportunities of enjoying that noble 

 sport, to learn the art of fly dressing. The occu- 

 pation is agreeable, and the pleasure of killing a 



