54 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



possibly be made, so little as never to be fished with, with above 

 one hair next the hook ; and this is to be made of a mixed dub- 

 bing of martin's fur, and the white of a hare's scut, with a very 



a coarse look, and will tell effectively through the season, especially after 

 a flood or windy days. 



(N. B. The palmers, as is well known, may be varied. When the gold or 

 silver thread is used, the black should be wound with silver, the red with 

 gold or silver. The angler should be provided with a plentiful assortment, 

 both as to color and size, to suit the weather, time of day, and color of the 

 waters. A red hackle wound with gold and silver on a dark brown dub- 

 bing, or without the tinsel, is the most killing of all the palmers. A short, 

 thick, black hackle, wound lightly with silver over black, will kill in a 

 brio-ht sun at midsummer, on a fresh current or shaded pool, when nothing 

 else will raise a fish.) 



No. 7. A drop on a No. 8 or 9 hook. Body, black mohair, wound with 

 silver, a small black hackle for legs', vnngs of a black cock's feather; tail 

 tufted with two hairs. 



This fly may be greatly varied. 



No. 8. A dropper on a No. 9 hook. Body, red floss silk, wound with 

 gold ; the head with a small black hackle ; wings, brown wing of the pea- 

 cock, or the domestic cock, or the dun wing of the pigeon, or the breast- 

 feather of the cock pigeon ; varying the complexion of the fly many ways. 



No. 12. A dropper on a No. 9 hook. Body and wings like No. 13, with 

 dark red hackles, round the head, for wings. Latter end of May, June, 

 and beginning of July. 



No. 13. A dropper on No. S hook. Body, a brownish, greenish, or yel- 

 lowish brown, wound with a small red hackle about the head ; wings, brown 

 wing-feathers of a wild pigeon ; tail, tufted with two hairs. 



A beautiful and effective fly for May and June. 



No. 14. A dropper on a No. S hook. Body thin, of brown floss silk, 

 wound with gold, pale red hackle wound about the head ; wings, a cock's 

 reddish brown wing-feather. Good the whole season, but better in July 



and August. 



No. 15. A tail-fly on a No. 2 hook. Body of crimson, wound with gold, 

 and a red hackle ; wings of a cock's blackisli grey wing-feather. 



It is an English prejudice to consider night fishing ungenrlemanly, be- 

 cause resembling poaching ; but as in this country there are no game laws, 

 "'e may enjoy our delightful sport by moonlight, without such scruples. 

 Uld Karker used three palmers at night : a light fly (white palmer) for 

 darkness ; a red palmer in medio ; and a dark (black) palmer for lightness. 

 The best flies for moonlight fishing are the white, and brown, and cream- 

 colored moths. The white are made : Body, white ostrich herl, and a 

 white cock's hackle over it ; the wings from the feather of the white owl. 

 The brown : Body, dark bear's hair and a brown cock's hackle over it ; 



