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same plane. This is necessary, in order to allow 

 of the fly swimming upright and true in the water. 

 vSave for the smallness of the eye in the eyed- 

 hooks, the Cholmondeley-Pennell pattern is, to 

 my mind, by far the best-shaped hook there is. 

 The observations I made on the tempering of 

 trout-hooks apply equally to those for salmon. 



Before entering upon the subject of salmon-flies 

 it will, I think, be as well to explain the various 

 terms which I shall have to make use of in giving 

 the dressings of the various flies, especially if any 

 of my readers should chance to be ignorant of 

 such matters. 



A full-dressed salmon-fly consists of the follow- 

 ing parts, viz. : 



1. The tag. 6. The wings. 



2. The tail. 7. The sides. 



3. The butt. 8. The cheeks. 



4. The body. 9. The horns. 



5. The throat. 10. The head. 



The ' tag ' is usually formed of tinsel and floss- 

 silk, or either alone, and is situated under the tail 

 of the fly. 



The ' tail ' is formed of one or more feathers, 

 more generally of a golden pheasant's small crest 

 feather, termed a ' topping.' 



The ' butt ' is usually of black ostrich herl, and 

 wound round the base of the tail. 



