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A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIFTEEN 



SALMON FLIES ENGRAVED IN 



THE PLATES. 



These fifteen Salmon Flies may be con- 

 sidered by my readers as specimens of real 

 perfection, and the " dons" of the present time 

 amongst the great Salmon fishers. There is 

 such a combination of colours in them through- 

 out, that they will be found most killing in the 

 rivers of Scotland and Ireland, if made on 

 hooks of sizes to suit each, and their proper 

 seasons. 



I have taken the greatest pains imaginable 

 to make them in proportion, and of the most 

 choice materials, which will greatly amuse the 

 amateur in his leisure hours to imitate them, 

 and if he goes by the models, and their descrip- 

 tions, he will find them, when completed, what 

 may be termed by a Salmon fisher, magnificent. 

 Their life like and alluring appearance, when 

 humoured attractively with the rod and line, will 

 cause them to be very deceptive to the Salmon, 

 and they will rise out of the water at them with 



