254 Salmon Fishing. 



wondrous an effect have they in a small mixed 

 wing ? 



But, ah me! what an endless field lies 

 before the fly-tier, if he be one of an inventive 

 turn of mind, and withal independent enough 

 to stray away from being a mere copyist of 

 another's ingenuity, and to trust to his own. 

 To one so constituted is there plenty of 

 pleasant occupation provided, when confined 

 a close prisoner, be it to an hotel, or lodging. 

 Not only can he while away agreeably many 

 a tedious hour, when so employed ; but the 

 flies he makes he has, I believe, more faith in 

 as killers, and knows full well, that they will 

 not fail him, when their strength and dura- 

 bility are put to the test. 



Let me recommend .every youthful fly-tier 

 to guard against the salmon's sharp teeth by 

 not bringing the hackle too near the tail, as 

 it answers every purpose, if the fibres are not 

 too short, to make the first turn of the hackle 

 one-third up the body. And let him eschew 



