390 TEE ANGLER. 



In the fishing season there are very few of the dark, 

 cloudy days that the old-country angler is favoured with. 

 The Canadian sun has a knack of shining nine days out of 

 ten, or nineteen out of twenty in summer. Fortunately 

 the banks of most Canadian rivers are high, and often 

 precipitous, so that the stream is in shade up to nine or 

 ten o'clock in the morning, and again from four o'clock in 

 the afternoon. The angler who fishes steadily from six to 

 ten, and again from four to eight, can afford to rest and 

 sleep at mid-day. Owing to the excessive clearness, not 

 only of the water, but the atmosphere, small dark flies are 

 the best. I append a few patterns, which are killers on 

 most Canadian rivers : 



1. Two turns gold thread, one turn orange floss-silk. 

 Tail, gold pheasant topping. Two turns black ostrich. 

 Body, black floss-silk ribbed with flat silver tinsel and 

 small gold thread. Hackle, golden yellow ; shoulder 

 hackle, guinea fowl. Wing, mixed guinea fowl, bustard, 

 dark brown mallard, with one gold pheasant topping and 

 two small jungle-cock's feathers. Head, black ostrich. 



2. Two turns flat gold tinsel, two turns black ostrich. 

 Tail, gold pheasant topping. Body, three different colours, 

 viz. one-third (nearest tail) orange floss-silk, middle dark 

 blue wool, remainder very dark claret wool. Bib, plated 

 gold tinsel. Two dark lustrous claret hackles, with 

 two turns of blue jay at shoulder. Wing, dark brown 

 mallard, with two sprigs blue and red macaw. Head, 

 as No. 1. 



3. Two turns gold thread, one turn orange floss-silk. 

 Tail, gold pheasant topping. Two turns black ostrich. 

 Body, black floss-silk, with gold thread and two small jet- 



