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and the "Silver Doctor," numbered 4 of "Salmon 

 Flies." The "Silver Doctor," numbered 1 of "Lake 

 Flies," in which brown is the predominant color of the 

 wing, is there inferior to the other. 



The " Grizzly King," 23 of " Bass-Flies," and the 

 " YeUow Professor," No. 11 of " Lake Flies," are both 

 also very taking ; but they are improved if the wing is 

 made of two separate mallard feathers, set with the con- 

 cave side of each feather outward. The wing then opens 

 and shuts when the fly is drawn through the water a 

 performance which seems amazingly to tickle the fancy 

 of large trout. 



The " Brown Hackle " is here, as elsewhere, a good 

 fly. It should be plump in body and heavily hackled. 



All these flies should have the former characteristic. 



The next question is, how should the fly be managed. 

 " I tell the tale as 'twas told to me." 



During the first of a companionship one of the pleas- 

 antest of my life I was fishing under the tutelage of 

 that prince of guides, my esteemed friend John S. Dan- 

 forth a man, though unexcelled as a hunter, trapper, 

 woodsman, and angler, still not unknown in the literary 

 world. 



I then knew I had much to learn of fly-fishing and the 

 habits of trout, as I have still. In pursuit of knowledge 

 I asked, " John, who catches the most big fish of all 

 those who visit these waters ? " He replied that a Mr. 



S , of Boston, was the happy man, and explained 



and illustrated his system, rod in hand. 



