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The above list embraces all of the flies that I use in 

 Black Bass fishing, except the red, black, brown, gray, and 

 yellow hackles. The last four in the table are especially 

 useful on dark days, or toward evening. 



Most of the flies in the above table are general favorites, 

 and in my own hands have all proved very killing. I 

 merely mention them, to the exclusion of others, as a gen- 

 eral guide, for each angler will soon adopt a few flies for 

 his own fishing, none of which may have been mentioned 

 above, but he will nevertheless continue to use them, and 

 swear by them on all occasions ; arid this is one of the glo- 

 rious privileges of the art of angling. 



As a father naturally thinks his own children the best, 

 smartest, and handsomest, I may be pardoned for placing 

 in the above list and strongly recommending as general 

 flies my Polka, Oriole, Oconomowoc, and Henshall, leaving 

 to others the praise or condemnation due them. The for- 

 mulae for their construction are as follows : 



Polka. Body, scarlet, with gold twist ; hackle, red ; 

 wings, black with white spots (guinea fowl) ; tail, brown 

 and white, mixed. 



Oriole. Body, black, with gold tinsel ; hackle, black ; 

 wings, orange or yellow ; tail, black and yellow, mixed. 



Oconomowoc. Body, creamy-yellow ; hackle, white and 

 dun (hairs from deer's tail) ; tail, ginger ; wings, cinnamon 

 (woodcock). 



Henshall. Body, peacock herl ; hackle, white hairs from 

 deer's tail ; wings, gray (dove) ; tail, two fibers (green) 

 from peacock's tail-feather. 



The Lord Baltimore fly originated with Prof. Alfred M. 

 Mayer, of the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, 

 New Jersey. Its formula is as follows : , 

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