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THE ANGLER S GUIDE 



Grayling emit a most grateful fragrant smell from 

 their body, much like that which arises from the 

 wild thyme growing on the Downs, in Sussex. 



The Salmon. 

 The Salmon is a Fish which is seldom taken by the 

 Angler in South Britain. In Ireland and Wales, as 

 well as in North Britain, the art of angling for Salmon 

 is much practised, and well understood 3 but the An- 

 gler of the South, who can cast^ or throw, dub, dress, 

 or busk a fly, need not fear having sport in either of 

 those countries, by paying a little attention to the 

 methods there pursued in fishing : indeed, the arti- 

 ficial flies used, are neither numerous nor diflScult to 

 make : the fly most depended on is a large yellow- 

 bodied fly, made on a No. 2 hook, with brownish red 

 double wings ; and also the green drake, the stone 

 fly, and the owlet moth, all made double the size a^ 

 when used for Trout, will kiU Salmon in any river, 

 from the Severn, in the West, to the Tweed, in the 

 North. — Salmon are found in the river Thames, and, 



