478 AMERICAN FISHES. 



No. 40. Gold tag. Guinea-fowl and brown mallard tail. Gold tin- 

 sol with brown floss silk worked along-side. Hackle Long red cock's. 

 Body Deep crimson, mostly obscured by the brown. Legs Par- 

 tridge. Wings Chiefly Guinea-fowl, brown mallard, and English 

 cock pheasant tail, four or five strands. Macaw horns, and ostrich 

 head. 



No. 41. Gold and thin crimson silk tag. Mixed tail, showing a 

 good deal of deep blue. Broad gold twist. Dyed clarety-red hnckl>.>. 

 Body Fiery brown, i. e., red, brown, and purple, pigs'-wool mixed, 

 brown predominating. Wings Brown mallard, blue parrot, orange 

 parrot, long-tailed thrush, and bustard. Head Black ostrich. 



Such is the list of salmon-flies we have selected from many and 

 various rivers of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Were I to attempt 

 to enumerate them, it would almost be an endless job. There are yet 

 a few more flies to be added, such as are fit for pike and black bass, 

 which we omitted to particularize in the early part of the work, and 

 which, even now, we will consign to the end of the fly-fishing part 

 altogether. 



Having now shown you, or rather attempted to show you, how to 

 make your hooks, if you like so to do, and seriatim trout-flies, rods, 

 casting-lines, salmon-flies, we must even follow up by endeavoring to 

 explain the various methods of throwing and working the fly. This, 

 however, it is difficult to do on paper. Far more will be learnt by 

 practice, an* ounce of which is worth a pound of precept. 



To commence, then, with trout -fishing, with a single-handed rod. 

 When put together, the rings should all be in a line. Run one end of 

 the line through each of these, the balance being reeled on to the winch, 

 which is either screwed through or round the butt, or clasped on to it 

 by a movable brass ring and catch. To quote Ronald: "It is advis- 

 able to practise the art of throwing a fly on the grass," previously to 

 attempting to fish. " Any open space free from trees," says he, " will 

 do. A piece of paper may represent the spot to be thrown to. 

 Taking the wind in his back, the tyro, with a short line at first, may 

 attempt to cast within- an inch or two of the paper; and afterward, 

 by degrees, lengthen his line as his improvement proceeds ; he may 

 then try to throw in such a direction that the wind may in some 

 measure oppose the line and rod; and, lastly, he .may practice throw- 



