THE ANGLER'S SOUVENIR. 



pounds in Lake Michigan ; and some of the weight 

 of ninety pounds are said to have been taken 

 in the straits of Michilimackinack a name well 

 worthy of a ninety pounder which connect Lake 

 Huron with Lake Michigan. 



SIMPSON. A gentleman of the name of Vigne, a 

 member of Lincoln's Inn, took a trip to America, 

 about three years ago, during the long vacation, 

 and enjoyed a few days' fly-fishing in Pennsylvania. 

 He had some fair sport in the Juniata, one of the 

 tributaries of the Susquehannah. The trout wero 

 from half a pound to three pounds in weight ; and 

 in little more than two hours' fishing he caught 

 about six dozen. He mentions the red-hackle as 

 the best fly that an angler can throw in Spring 

 Creek. 



FISHES. The red-hackle is deadly on all waters, 

 though not at all times. It is one of my three 

 types for the colour of flies. The red, black, and 

 grouse hackle, are with me standards, and all the 

 trout-flies which I dress are only varieties of these, 

 with the addition of wings, and a difference of 

 shade in the dubbing. Those which I range under 

 the red type comprehend the various shades from 

 scarlet to lemon colour. The second extends from 

 positive black, through the various shades of the 

 martin's wing and leaden-coloured hackles, to the 

 bluish-grey feather of the tern. With the grouse 

 hackle are classed the various shades of brown, 

 from the chesnut of the pheasant to the grey- 



