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the Durham Ranger, the Silver Doctor, the Jock Scott, 

 the Popham, the Black Dog, the Blue Doctor, the Silver 

 Grey and the Butcher. 



But it is because these flies are so frequently used that they 

 must be familiar to a salmon who has run any distance up a 

 stream, and they will therefore probably inspire caution or 

 fear. For this reason I think that for those who fish late 

 in the season and higher up a river, salmon flies such as those 

 included in the following list might supply one whose 

 appearance would provoke aggression and not caution. 



SALMON FLIES 



I do not think it necessary to give a complete list of the 

 names of the many (about 140) Salmon Flies known to the 

 fishing world, but I think it will be useful to my reader if I 

 give the names of some twenty of the most generally used in 

 Great Britain and Northern Europe. 



If the beginner will be content to stock these flies in the 

 sizes I recommend, I think he will probably find that he has 

 all that are necessary on any stream he may visit and, that 

 though the number and variety of his flies will increase, he 

 will not, with the flies I have suggested, be likely to find 

 his book stocked with specimens upon which his gillie or his 

 friends will frown. 



The Name of Fly. Range from No. to No. 



Butcher 2/0 4 



Gordon . . . . . . 2/0 3 



Golden Eagle 3/0 i 



Silver Doctor . . . . . . o 3 



Blue Doctor o 3 



Black Doctor o 4 



Jock Scott . . . . 2/03 



Black Dog . . 03 



Dusty Miller o 3 



Popham i/o 3 



