Salmon- Flies. 26 1 



hues, more likely to delude the angler than the 

 fish ; and though my flies are certainly not all of 

 the old hodden-grey tint, I do not require to go far 

 afield to find ready material for them ; for they are 

 all dressed with the feathers of our common native 

 birds. So dressed, they have proved as attractive 

 and deadly to the fish as those that 



"Borrow the pride of land, of sea, and air ; " 



while they do not cost a tithe of the expense. 

 The following is my list of salmon-flies : 



1. The Mallard, with black hackle. Wing : a 

 feather from the back of the wing of the wild 

 drake. This feather is dull white and black spotted 

 to about half-way up, shading off to black and brown 

 at the tip. Body : pig's wool dyed dark mauve, 

 with a little yellow mohair round the tail of the fly, 

 which is formed of a few fibres of golden-pheasant 

 toppings, silver tinsel, and black hackle, with dark- 

 red mohair or pig's wool at the root of the wing. 



2. The Mallard, with golden-pheasant hackle. 

 Wing, as above. Body : dark - brown pig's wool 

 in the upper part, succeeded by yellow ; silver 

 tinsel and dark-mauve pig's wool close to the wing ; 

 heron's hackle rolled farther down. Tail : golden- 

 pheasant hackle. In all salmon - flies the wool 

 should be picked up with a needle or a pin, to give 

 the body a rough appearance. 



