THE SALMON. 7 



No. 6. Tail : two turns of silver flat, two turns 

 of black ostrich harl, golden-pheasant top. Body: 

 golden pig's hair, red-orange hackle. Wings: mixed; 

 golden-pheasant tail, golden-pheasant tippet. Head: 

 black ostrich. Feelers : blue macaw. 



The hooks for these flies may be Limerick Nos. 9 

 and 8; but you must vary them according to the river 

 you fish. You will find that the above colours will 

 kill salmon in most waters. 



Good salmon-fishing could formerly be obtained 

 in Norway,* but the rivers there are now mostly 

 closed to strangers. Excellent salmon-fishing is to 

 be had in Nova Scotia. For fishing in America, see 

 Appendix, G G. 



In Connemara, in the county of Galway, Ireland, 

 most splendid fishing might be obtained if a party of 

 gentlemen were to take the Ballynahinch fishery. 

 The fish are very numerous,-)- and the absence of all 

 trees and bushes, as well as of weeds, is a r great ad- 

 vantage. The flies should be very small, and tied on 

 single gut, and the three last links of the casting line 

 should be of single gut also. 



* See Appendix, D D. f See Appendix, S. 



