Detached-bodied floating flies can be obtained from Mr. 

 Holland and other fly-tyers and tackle makers dressed either on 

 Mr. Hall's Hooks or on mine. 



PIKE-SCALE FLIES. 



The Pike-scale, used as a substitute for the wing-feather in 

 certain flies, is another modern innovation. That it is an 

 ' improvement ' my experience does not enable me to avouch ; 

 but it has strong advocates for dressing the " Black gnat," to 

 which, as it has been pointed out, the ordinary " fluffy little lump " 

 does not bear the slightest resemblance. The late Mr. Jas. 

 Macnee, of Bohally, Pitlochry, N.B., who was the " inventor " of 

 the Pike-scale wings, wrote to me recently that he found they 

 were not a success with large flies, but that they did well on 

 " a number of the Spinners " and on the Black gnat. Of flies 

 that will take the Pike-scale wing, the best, Mr. Macnee says, is 

 the * Marston ' " it will kill any time after May." 



One other ingenious novelty may be briefly noticed Messrs. 

 D. and W. H. Foster's so-called " Invisible Double Hook," to 



which various advantages are ascribed. The most promi- 

 nent is indicated in its name. A May-fly dressed on these 

 hooks is here represented, and the other cuts illustrate the 

 appearance of the fly and position of the double hooks in relation 



