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know when salmon may be in the humour, there- 

 fore — " Never throw your fly without expecting a 

 fish." 



A Few Words about Flies". 



This is a somewhat difficult subject to touch 

 upon. 



When one sees the gaudy paraphernalia in the 

 fishing-tackle makers' shops, one's heart sinks, but 

 I suppose they must be of some use. It would be 

 interesting if we could get a record of the re- 

 sults of the well-known flies, the Pophams, the 

 Butchers, the Doctors, etc., etc., as to their kiUing 

 powers, — something in the same manner as Mr. 

 W. Balderson has done with the trout flies, as lately 

 given in " The Fishing Gazette." 



My experience in salmon fishing has been princi- 

 pally in the autumn months, August, September, and 

 October, and with the exception of the Blue or Silver 

 Doctor and the Jock Scott, and occasionally the Sun 

 fly, I always use sober-coloured flies, with excellent 

 results. There are four especial patterns which I 

 never am without ; the Western Butcher, a very 

 diflerent fly to the gaudy gentleman we find in the 

 shops (but he also is a capital fly at times), dressed 

 on two diflerent sized hooks, Nos. 6 and 9, Limerick. 

 Body of dark maroon mohair, silver twist ; wings, 



