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THE WYE, MONMOUTH. 



The Wye, at the town of Monmouth, and 

 up towards Leominster, is an excellent river 

 for salmon ; and the Usk, in the same quarter, 

 is also good for salmon and fine trout. The 

 latter river is a very short way from the Wye, 

 and may he conveniently reached from Mon- 

 mouth to Abergavenny, close to which tovm it 

 passes, and enters the mouth of the Severn at 

 Newport; the Wye falls into it higher up, at 

 Chepstow. The painted flies in the plates will be 

 just the sort for the Wye made smaller, and will 

 suit the Usk admirably, dressed smaller still. 



There is a local fly or two which T will give, 

 viz. — Body yellow mohair bordering on orange, 

 a red ginger cock's hackle long in the fibre 

 rolled over it, ribbed with plate gold, a red tail, 

 and light brown turkey tail feather with white 

 tips for the wings. Hook No. 9. 



Another fly with the same body, and wings 

 of the bittern's neck, two feathers should be 

 tied in, and the whole to stand well up. 



Another fly, with brown body, brown hackle, 

 brown wings, and tail, ribbed with gold. The 



