THE EDEN. 4S9 



dun-dustical turkey with a blotch or two in it. Hook 

 No. 6. 



No. 4. Tag, gold tinsel ; tail, tippet ; but, violet 

 crewel ; body, two turns scarlet crewel, the rest of black ; 

 gold twist ; hackle only at shoulder, a few sprigs of tippet 

 and red claret mixed with a turn of gallina over ; wing, 

 spare sprigs of a washed-out turkey, the colour of whitey- 

 brown paper with a few faint blotches on the lower half, 

 with a few tippet sprigs under ; a small head of red crewel. 

 Hooks Nos. 8 and 9. 



THE EDEN 



Is one of the finest of our English salmon rivers, and if 

 properly treated, would be one of the most productive. 

 It still produces a great quantity of salmon, and affords a 

 good deal of sport, though the minnow is often more 

 deadly than the fly in it. Mr. Kowell supplied me with 

 some patterns which I have corrected to the present time 

 by patterns which I got when fishing in the Eden lately 

 from Routledge the tackle-maker, who now rules the 

 taste there, and is a good practical man. 



No. 1 I call The Chimney Sweep ; it is a very striking 

 fly. as it is the only thoroughly black fly I ever saw, but 

 that it is a favourite on the Eden Mr. Rowell vouches, as 

 he says it will kill when none of the others will, and I 

 certainly shall try it elsewhere. The tail is a single top- 

 ping ; the tinsel medium silver ; but the body, hackle, 

 and wings are all black. The hackle is longish in fibre, 

 but is dressed only from the shoulder, not down the body. 

 The wing, two slips of black cockatoo tail or any black 

 feather. It should be a first-rate night-fly. 



No. 2. Tag, silver tinsel ; tail, tippet, and a little 

 teal ; body, bright orange floss. Double gold twist ; 

 hackle golden olive all up, and gallina at shoulder ; under 



