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him, they will be described in the order in which 

 they appear on the plates. 



PLATE III 



Contains specimens of five flies, which will be 

 found very successful in raising salmon. 



No. 1 is recommended as a spring fly, and is 

 to be composed of the following materials : wings 

 of the dark mottled brown or blackish feather of 

 a turkey ; body of orange camlet, mixed with a 

 little mohair ; and a dusky red, or bright brown 

 cock's hackle, plucked from the back, where the 

 fibres are longest, for legs ; hook same size as 

 represented in the plate ; and it is to be observed 

 that all large salmon flies should be dressed upon 

 two or three lengths of gut, twisted together, and 

 that the silk, in dressing, be brought beyond the 

 shank of the hook, and wrapped four or five 

 times round the gut, so that the sharpness of the 

 steel may not speedily cut it. 



As the season advances, the same fly may be 

 dressed with the wings of a brighter shade, and 



