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Gut and hair links, strong silk for whipping, of dif- 

 ferent colours; gold and silver tinsel, or twist, for 

 ribbing; with wax, needles, penknife, and a pair of 

 sharp-pointed scissors, are necessary appendages to 

 the dubbing-bag. 



From March till May, salmon are generally angled 

 for with flies of more sober colours than are used 

 from May to September; and three of each kind are 

 here enumerated, though it is by no means pre- 

 tended that, in the summer season, salmon will rise 

 at the latter only. 



1. Body of a brownish yellow, formed of the fur 

 from the roots of a hare's ears; wrapped with a yellow- 

 ish-red, or, as it is called, a ginger hackle; wings 

 from the feather of a bittern's wing, with whisks of 

 the same. 



2. Mouse-coloured body of fur, tipped with scarlet 

 at the head and tail; wings of a turkey's feather; a 

 red or brownish-yellow hackle, from half-way up the 

 body to the wings. 



3. Cinnamon coloured body of mohair, fur or wool, 

 tipped with red; leaden-coloured wings of the feather 

 of a heron; blood-red hackle, from half-way up the 

 body to the wings. 



These three flies are given as standards for colour, 

 of which many varieties maybe dressed by blending 

 the dubbing and varying the shade of the wings 

 and hackles, according to the angler's fancy. The 

 last two flies may be dressed either with or without 

 whisks. 



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