116 SALMONIA. [FIFTH DAY. 



myself above and below probably with trout fishing. 

 As there is a promise of a mixed day, with what is 

 rare in this country a good deal of sunshine, I will 

 examine your flies a little, and point out those I think 

 likely to be useful; or rather, I will show you my 

 flies, and, as you all have duplicates of them, you can 

 each select the fly which I point out, and place it in 

 a part of the book where it may easily be found. 

 First : when the cloud is on, I advise the use of one 

 of these three golden twisted flies, with silk bodies, 

 orange, red and pale blue, with red, orange, and gray 

 hackle, golden pheasant's hackle for tail, and king- 

 fisher's blue, and golden pheasant's brown hackle 

 under the wing ; beginning with the brightest fly, and 

 changing to the darker one. Should the clouds 

 disappear, and it become bright, change your flies for 

 darker ones, of which I will point out three : a fly 

 with a brown body and a red cock's hackle, one with 

 a dun body and black hackle and light wing, and one 

 with a black body, a hackle of the same colour, and a 

 brown mallard's wing. All these flies have, you see, 

 silver twist round their bodies, and all kingfisher's 

 feather under the wing, and golden pheasant's feather 

 for the tail. For the size of your flies, I recommend 

 the medium size, as the water is small to-day; but 

 trying all sizes, from the butterfly size of a hook of 

 half an inch in width, to one of a quarter. Now, 



