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FLY-DRESSING. 



FEATHERS FOR SALMON FLIES. 



Turkey, all varieties, including 



White and double-white tops from 

 rump. 



Duns and dun-white tops. 



Mottles, streaks, and pure white. 



Silver pheasant, male and female, 

 tail and wing feathers, pencilled 

 and mottled. 



Golden pheasant, crest, tippet, and 

 tail. 



Argus of Sumatra. 



Jungle cock. 



Jay, blue feathers on the wing. 



Blue lowrie of Australia. 



Blue and buff macaw, tail, &c. 



Green ditto. 



Parrots, for tail tufts, red and yel- 

 low, &c., parroquets. 



King-fishers. 



White top from mallard wing. 

 Swan. 



Snipe, pencilled feather under wing. 

 Salmon-tailed gledd. 

 Capercailzie. 



Mallard and teal feathers mottled. 

 Domestic drake. 

 Raven. 

 Guinea-fowl. 

 Wood-duck of Canada. 

 Bustard. 

 Heron, male bird, pendant breast 



feathers, &c. 

 Ostrich. 

 Java dove. 

 Cormorant. 

 Bittern. 

 Peacock. 

 Common pheasant, &c., &c. 





In dressing small or trouting hooks, I pursue the 

 following method. My intention, for instance, is to 

 complete a dozen fly-hooks. Accordingly, in com- 

 mencing arrangements, I select, from a hank of fine 

 gut, twelve choice threads. These I prepare, by clip- 

 ping off, with a pair of fine scissors, the ragged ex- 

 tremities, and by straightening the lengths with my 

 fingers, I then place them together on a table before 

 me, and proceed next to lay out, and at hand, an equal 

 number of hooks of the sizes intended to be dressed, 

 along with nippers, resin, &c., after which, I cut and 

 wax a dozen portions of fine silk thread, varying in 

 length, according to the size and description of the fly- 

 hook in contemplation, say from eight to fourteen 

 inches. The colours I prefer are orange, yellow, straw- 

 tinted, and crimson; but as to this, matter I am more 



