FLIES AND KNOTS. 
orange silk ; silver tag, gold ribs, and tail of golden 
pheasant top-knot. 
'No. 16. Cariboo. — Wings of turkey and mallard with 
sprigs of macaw, and a few fibres from the golden phea- 
sant's neck ; head of black ostrich herl ; claret legs ; 
grey hackle ; body of grey cariboo hair or mohair ; lower 
part of tip golden yellow silk, and upper part black silk ; 
tail, golden pheasant top-knot, and gold tag. This fly, 
with various modifications, is extensively used by the 
resident fishermen of Fredericton. 
No. 17. Emmet. — No head ; wings of black and golden 
pheasant neck feather with sprigs of macaw ; body, black 
mohair ; black hackle ; gold tip and twist ; a turn of 
black herl taken just above the tail, which is golden 
pheasant crest. 
No. 18. LiLLiE. — Wings and tail dark grey turkey ; 
body, mohair of the same dull color ; yellow silk tip ; 
red hackle, and no head. This is almost identical with 
the stone fly, and approximates in color to the natural 
fly, and is generally dressed on a small hook. 
There is no limit to the list of salmon flies that might 
be given ; artistic beauty is a great point to be gained, 
but further than that nothing is positively ascertained 
on the subject. I was once visiting a well known salmon 
river with fifty dozen flies loaned to me by an excellent 
angler who was one of the oldest hahitues of the stream. 
Another excellent fisherman looked over my books with 
an unapproving air, and after my return told me that 
he was surprised I had taken any fish at all, for my flies 
were totally unsuited to the river. It is, however, gene- 
rally conceded that difierent waters require different 
