264 . FISHING WITH THE FLY. 



wings, yellow or orange ; tail, black and yellow, 

 mixed. 



OCONOMOWOC. Body, creamy yellow ; hackle, white 

 and dun (deer's tail) ; tail, ginger ; wings, cinnamon 

 (woodcock). 



HEKSHALL. Body, peacock herl ; hackle, white 

 hairs from deer's tail ; wings, light drab (dove) ; tail, 

 two or three fibres of peacock's tail-feather. 



The Lord Baltimore fly originated with Prof. Alfred 

 M. Mayer, of the Stevens Institute of Technology, Ho- 

 boken, New Jersey, its formula being as follows : 



LOED BALTIMORE. Body, orange ; hackle, tail, and 

 wings black, with small upper wings of jungle-cock. 



Professor Mayer and myself, being natives of Balti- 

 more, designed, unknown to each other, a fly to embody 

 the heraldic colors of Lord Baltimore and the coat of 

 arms of Maryland black and orange. He named his 

 fly, "Lord Baltimore," while mine I designated the 

 " Oriole," from the Baltimore oriole, or hanging bird, 

 which beautiful songster was named in honor of Lord 

 Baltimore, its colors being black and orange. 



Black bass flies should not be too large, nor yet too 

 small, the largest brook trout flies being about the right 

 size. They should be tied on Sproat or O'Shaughnessy 

 hooks, the first-named being the best, from JSTos. 2 

 to 5. In the above list of flies, most of them are 

 "general" flies, one of which, at least, can be used in 

 the cast under almost any circumstances. The darkest 

 ones are best for bright days and clear water, the 



