Favorite Fish and Fishing 



and with the forked tail-fin offers consider- 

 able resistance in the swift water. But 

 when safely in his creel, the fortunate 

 angler can congratulate himself on having 

 fairly subdued and captured this wily and 

 coquettish beauty of the crystal waters. 

 Outfit for The outfit for fly-fishing is about the 



Fly-Fishing * 



same as for trout, say a rod of five or six 

 ounces, light click reel, enameled silk line, 

 with a four-foot leader for two flies, or one 

 of six feet for three, though two flies are 

 enough. The flies should be tied on quite 

 small hooks, Nos. 10 or 12. While ordi- 

 nary trout-flies answer pretty well, they are 

 much better if made with narrower wings, 

 or still better with split wings. Any of the 

 conventional hackles are capital, especially 

 if the hackle is tied so as to stand out at 

 right angles to the shank of the hook. The 

 most successful flies are those with bodies 

 of peacock harl or of some shade of yellow, 

 as coachman, grizzly king, Henshall, alder, 

 governor, and black gnat, with bodies of 

 harl; and professor, queen of the water, 

 Lord Baltimore and oak fly, with yellowish 



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