140 THE SCIENTIFIC ANGLEK. 



Mulberry Bumble. Hackle, dun hen's; body, peacock 

 herl, ribbed with mulberry-colored floss silk; tying silk, 

 .claret. 



Red Bumble, or Earwig. Hackle, red cock's, stained; 

 body, peacock herl, ribbed with gold silk; tying silk, 

 dark brown. 



Honey dun Bumble. Hackle, honey dun hen's; body, 

 peacock herl, ribbed with orange floss silk; tying silk, 

 yellow. 



Furnace Bumble. Hackle, furnace cock's; body, pea- 

 cock; or black herl, ribbed with dark orange silk; tying 

 silk, red brown. 



Black Palmer. Hackle, black cock's, ribbed with fine 

 silver twist; tying silk, black. 



Golden Palmer. Hackle, bright furnace; body, pea- 

 cock herl, ribbed with gold twist. 



Gray Palmer. Hackle, cock's, with black centre and 

 whitish gray edge, ribbed with fine round silver tinsel ; 

 tying silk, black. 



A variety of palmers may be made by intermixing the 

 materials here given for the particular shades. 



SALMON FLIES. In the construction of these there 

 exists a grand distinction. The taste and fancy of the 

 operator are called into request, and nothing in nature 

 demands his study and attention more. A happy com- 

 bination and contrast of various hues and colors, from 

 sombre to brilliant, are the main object. 



Salmon are extremely effeminate in the love of finery 

 and tinsel, especially in the case of habitually discolored 

 waters. There are rivers upon which flies of a more 

 sombre hue than the general run are used; but the 

 bright and brilliant combination is found irresistible, 

 more or less, wherever salmon are to be found, when they 

 are in a mood for rising and gambolling. The great 

 thing to keep in the mind's eye when choosing or con- 



