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[NOTES BY THE EDITOR 



To Major Traherne's capital selection of standard flies I should be dis- 

 posed to add half a dozen patterns which in my own experience I have 

 found to be generally ' good killers ' on the salmon rivers of v he United 

 Kingdom. The descriptive formulae of these flies are by Mi. Charles 

 Farlow, 191 Strand. 



THE 'BEAUFORT MOTH.' 



Tag: Gold tinsel; Tail: Golden pheasant topping; Body: Bronze 

 peacock herl, ribbed with gold tinsel : Hackle, Throat : Red cock's (throat 

 hackle only) ; Wings; Two small white hen feathers ; Head : Peacock heri. 



This fly will be found very useful during the last hours of daylight if 

 fish are shy. It has never failed to kill on any river on which it has been 

 tried in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Canada, and Labrador. 



THE 'SILVER WILKINSON.' 



Tag: Gold twist; Tail: Golden pheasant topping; Butt: Scarlet 

 wool; Body: Silver tinsel, ribbed with gold twist; Hackle: Pale blue- 

 run down body ; Throat : Jay ; ] Tings : Fibres of golden pheasant tail, 

 bustard, widgeon, golden pheasant tippet, dyed red swan, topping over 

 all ; Horns: Blue and yellow macaw; Head : Scarlet wool. 



An excellent fly for salmon on a bright day. Sometimes when the 



