38 FISHING. 



All ut is, more or less, of a clear colour, 

 which glitters in the swn : and in order to divest 

 it of this, it requires to be stained. To attain 

 this, boil a handful of logwood in a pint of water, 

 and add copperas till it is of a bluish green tint, a 

 piece of copperas about the size of a pea will be 

 sufficient. If too much is put in it will make it 

 quite Hue. The gut should be put into the liquid 

 when cold, and allowed to remain till of the re- 

 quired colour. 



As regards flies for trouting purposes ; this is a 

 subject involving such a variety of ideas in 

 different anglers that, to describe the features, 

 which characterize and distinguish each kind of 

 fly, is utterly impossible. Simply for this reason, 

 they baffle all power of description, and any 

 attempt to do so would only perplex the reader. 

 Therefore, T shall at once go straight to the mark, 

 and give what I have found to be a killing fly- 

 stock 



1. The Woodcock. 



2. The Teal. 



3. The Green Drake. 



4. The Dotterel. 



5. The Bed-hackle, or Keel Spicier. 



6. The Black -hackle, or Black Spider. 



Experience has taught me to consider the above 

 diversit'es of flies as unsurpassed. It may be very 



