12 SALMON FLIES 



reason of the fact that this particular 

 feather has a fine translucent brilliance, 

 and possesses a natural and convenient 

 upward curve, which gives a neat and 

 attractive finish. In addition to the 

 topping, many tails have other feathers 

 combined therewith, the most commonly 

 employed being the orange breast feathers 

 of the Indian Crow, strands of Golden 

 Pheasant tippet and red breast feather, 

 Summer Duck, Teal, dyed Swan, Gallina, 

 Cock of the Rock, and Red Ibis feathers. 

 Personally I attach considerable impor- 

 tance to the tail, and consider that a 

 brilliant transparency is a most important 

 feature. 



Z) is the Body. Bodies admit of consider- 

 able variety, but the most prevalent 

 are of 



(i.) Fur (either plain, or shaded, or con- 

 trasted). 



(ii.) Floss silk (either plain, or shaded, 

 or contrasted). 



(iii.) Tinsel (either gold or silver flat, 

 oval, or embossed ; and they may be 

 throughout of the same kind of tinsel, or 



