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present considerable variety ; but the essentials of 

 the flies themselves never vary. Nor is the 

 rationale of this difficult to understand. The 

 Salmon admittedly does not take the fly for any 

 living insect, or food which he can have pre- 

 viously met with. Then for what and why 

 does he take it ? For its beauty and tempting 

 appearance. Probably it has an appetizing effect 

 like that of a rosy-cheeked apple on a school- 

 boy. 



In the remarks on Salmon-fishing I have given 

 three patterns of Salmon-flies which combine the 

 real essentials as above described, in what my 

 experience leads me to believe to be the most 

 perfect form. 



White or sea Trout, and their congeners, appear 

 in their tastes, and habits of feeding, to be some- 

 what intermediate between Salmon and brown 

 Trout ; and the Trout-flies described, with a slight 

 addition of tinsel, will kill them, both in still and 

 running water, better than any others with which 

 I am acquainted. 



// will thus be seen that I propose to substitute 

 six typical flies three for Salmon and Grilse, 



