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CHAPTER XI. 



SALMON FLIES. 



I NOW come to salmon flies. Of these I shall give a list 

 of fourteen, which will suffice for all general work, and 

 with which regard being had to the size, depth and 

 colour of the water, and the consequent size of the fly 

 fish should be killed anywhere. There are hundreds of 

 varieties of flies used on the different rivers in Great 

 Britain, and every river has its peculiar varieties. I always 

 use the flies which are said by the local fishermen to kill 

 best ; but I have no space to give here a complete list of 

 all these flies for each river. Salmon fishermen who are 

 so far interested in their pursuit as to desire this, may 

 find complete lists for every river and lake fully set forth 

 and described in my " Book on Angling." But the labour 

 and drudgery of compiling such a list is so great and so 

 tedious that having done it twice I have no desire ever to 

 go through it again. I here give a list of the flies under 

 the names they are known by. The method of dressing 

 them follows. 



FOURTEEN SALMON FLIES. 



THE BUTCHER. 

 THE JOCK SCOTT. 

 THE BLUE DOCTOR. 



THE PARSON. 



THE NAMSEN. 

 THE POPHAM. 



THE SILVER DOCTOR. THE WASPS. 



THE BLACK AND TEAL. ! THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. 



THE ORANGE AND GROUSE. THE CHILDERS. 



THE CLARET. THE RANGER. 



