272 SEA-TROUT FLIES. 



hackle and small topping for tail ; mallard wing, 

 and hook as before. 



The best sea or white trout flies for the Kerry 

 rivers, and the best general flies for that amusing 

 fish, are those with dark bright fiery-brown bodies, 

 blue and fiery-brown hackles over body, gold- 

 coloured necks, and plain wings of brown mallard, 

 turkey, grouse, or landrail's wing-feather. The 

 two last feathers suit small flies best. 



Salmon, when they refuse the fly, may be caught 

 by spinning with a natural or artificial fish by 

 trolling, as it were, with the sand-eel, shrimp, 

 prawn, or a small bunch of well-scoured dew- 

 worms. However, the artificial fly is the only 

 gportsman-like lure for salmon and salmonidae. 



