SALMON FLIES. 



I SHALL only make a few remarks on salmon flies, as so 

 many authors have fully described them ; and for a long 

 list of salmon flies, with instructions for dressing them, 

 see Blacker's work ; " Ephemera on the Salmon " ; and 

 Francis Francis 7 book oh u Angling." I tie my salmon 

 flies of as many colours as the rainbow to suit the 

 different waters, as well as the varied taste of the salmon 

 and salmon fishermen ; and would invite an inspection of 

 my special patterns of salmon and sea trout flies, which I 

 have proved, by actual trial on the principal rivers and 

 lakes of the united kingdom, to be certain killers. As a 

 rule, gaudy colours ensure the most success. For sewin 

 and the white trout of Ireland, I have proved the following 

 flies the most reliable. The " Prince of Wales " fly and 

 the " Polly Perkins," properly tied, are pretty sure killers 

 of fresh run fish ; but on waters some miles distance from 

 the sea, flies of a more sober colour prove the most 

 successful. I will give the dressing of two or three. 

 Hooks should be in proportion to the waters fished and 

 the size of the fish ; the body of good claret or puse- 



