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they give an impression of greater warmth of 

 colouring, a richer general effect, the bodies 

 being very often varied and shaded in pleasing 

 and harmonious schemes of colour. They 

 seem to be peculiarly well suited to peaty 

 waters, and, from the quantity of wing they 

 possess relatively speaking it is safe to 

 assume that they do not fish as deep as some 

 other types of fly. 



VI. Small Summer Patterns (see Plate IX.). 

 -These can be of any, or all, of the types 

 recognized, and are in the main small editions 

 of the regular salmon flies. They are very 

 often dressed on small double hooks, and the 

 materials are sparingly used. Late spring, 

 summer, and early autumn is their seasonal 

 range, and low clear waters and fine settled 

 weather the conditions of their use. 



They form a fascinating group, as they 

 require considerable artistic skill and manipu- 

 lative dexterity to turn out satisfactorily. 



So much for the salmon fly, as such, and its 

 classification. 



The reader may be inclined to grumble, 

 perhaps not without justification, at this long 



