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black mohair ; black hackle ; gold tip and twist ; a turn 

 of black herl taken just above the tail, which is golden 

 pheasant crest. 



J$o. 18, Lillie Wings and tail dark grey turkey ; 

 body, mohair of the same dull color ; yellow silk tip ; 

 red hackle and no head. 



We have given more particular directions about sal- 

 mon thai; trout flies because the comparative number is 

 smaller, and it is more difficult for one of our people to 

 ascertain correctly what flies he will need in Canada and 

 the British Provinces, and if he makes a mistake he can- 

 not easily correct it and may be put to considerable 

 inconvenience by finding himself in the heart of the 

 wilderness by the side of a salmon river and with a book 

 full of unsuitable flies. The above are all, and we might 

 say, more than all that will be needed on any river on 

 the Atlantic coast of America, and they will answer as 

 well on the Pacific coast rivers as any flies yet discovered. 



There is one fact to be borne in mind in reference to 

 all flies, either for trout or salmon, and that is, that fish 

 get accustomed to any kind of artificial lure, which must 

 be changed from time to time. One fly, no matter how 

 good, will lose its attraction. Many anglers have from 

 a season's good luck concluded that they have at last 

 discovered the fly of flies until the failures of next year 

 convinced them that their favorite was no better than 

 its fellows. Anything odd, out of the way or unusual 

 will receive more or less attention, especially from sal- 

 mon, when every ordinary fly has been tried in vain. 

 We 'have made a new fly, and with the most startling 

 colors we had at hand, every day for weeks in mid- 

 summer when salmon fishing in clear low water in pools 

 that had been well whipped for a couple of months, and 



