APPENDIX. 



IN the first part of this work I shall give a description of the materials 

 requisite for the artificial flies, palmers, and beetles, and the best me- 

 thods for making them. You must note that my flies are not encum- 

 bered with much dubbing, (as I have so seen it recommended) but is used 

 very sparingly, the silk being as near the colour of the fly's body as 

 I can get it, and the dubbing is to give it the requisite shade, and that 

 transparent appearance which is observable in most of the flies ; there- 

 fore I dispense with the bear's hair and hog's down, which some mix in 

 their dubbing, for they require something to keep their flies from 

 sinking, when we look at the quantity of dubbing they use for the 

 thick bodies of their flies. Neatness is to be observed in all your 

 flies and tackle, and be rather under than over nature in the size of 

 them. The salmon flies alone, in a great measure, are to be made 

 gaudy, and according to the angler's fancy ; but as I shall treat more 

 largely upon them in the course of this work, I will say no more about 

 them at present. 



