THE FLY FISHER'S GUIDE. 



procured from the cormorant, or the mottled 

 feather of the mallard, if very dark ; body of dark 

 sable, ribbed with gold wire, over which a dusky 

 red hackle should be thickly wound j for the tail, 

 the mottled feathers of the drake; and before 

 fastening off, a little flos silk should be un- 

 ravelled, and fastened at the extremity of the 

 work. 



No. 4 differs materially from those preceding, 

 and is given in order to describe the method of 

 dressing gaudy flies ; which, however fanciful or 

 varied in shade or materials, will frequently raise 

 fish when all the imitations of nature have proved 

 unsuccessful. Indeed, so fastidious and whimsical 

 are the salmon at times, that the more brilliant 

 and extravagant the fly, the more certain is the 

 angler of diversion. The fly thus given as a spe- 

 cimen is formed as follows : the wings, the extreme 

 end of the feather of a guinea-fowl, not stripped, 

 but having the feather left on both sides of the 

 stem : a blood-red hackle should be fastened on 

 with the wings, and so arranged as to extend 



