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AMERICAN FISHES. 



ning for him with that bait, in the proper localities, in case of his 

 refusing the fly, especially when the smelts are becoming rare. 



Mr. Perley, from whom I derive the above valuable information, 

 assures me that he was very successful last spring in taking smelt with 

 a very small scarlet ibis and gold tinsel fly. They rise constantly, he 

 says, leaping quite out of the water at their favorite bait. 



I propose to try this sport in the Passaic, in the coming spring; 

 and in default of other fly-fishing, doubt not to find it good fun. 



