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and every fisherman has his own favourites. The accompanying 

 cut contains at No. 1, representations of several varieties of 

 Salmon-flies, and at No. 2 of Lake-flies for great Trout, which 

 I know to be killing, as I know them to be beautiful — and 

 which were prepared especially for this work, to my order, by 

 Mr. Coni'oy of Fulton-street, New York, of whom I have 

 already spoken as, in my opinion, the best rod and tackle 

 maker in America, if not perhaps in the world. 



The Salmon, especially when quite fresh-run from the sea, 

 will take the worm at times greedily ; for which mode he must 

 be fished for with a stififer rod, similar to that used for Bass 

 angling, with a quill-float, and enough of slot on the gut to 

 carry the bait down close to the bottom. The best worms are 

 the large lob or c^ew-worms, and they should be cleansed or 

 scoured by keeping them for several days previous to using 

 them in a pot full of moistened moss. Two worms should be 

 used, and they should be baited thus : 



Enter the barb of a large sized No. 0, or No. 1 Limerick 

 Salmon-hook at the head of your first worm, and bring it out 

 at the middle; run the worm quite up on the gut above the 

 arming of the hook ; again enter the barb at the middle of the 

 second worm, and bring it up very nearly to the head. Draw 

 down the first worm to meet the second, and the bait will move 

 on the bottom with a natural motion. 



Paste composed of roe of the Salmon, taken out when freshly 

 killed, washed carefully, and cleansed of all the impurities, the 

 blood and filamentous matter, thoroughly dried in the air, 

 salted with two ounces of rock-salt, and a quarter of an ounce 

 of saltpetre to a pound of spawn, dried gently before a slow 



