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will scarcely fail to produce as perfect a specimen 

 of the genus as any salmon would wish to take. 



The following flies are such as are most gene- 

 rally used in angling for trout; and any one 

 of them may be used either as a stretcher or a 

 dropper; the former being the fly at the end of the 

 line, the other that which is placed higher up. 

 Whether angling in lake or stream, it is advisable 

 to use three; the lower dropper about three feet 

 from the end fly, attached to the foot-length by a 

 link two and a half inches long; and the second 

 dropper about two feet above the lower, by a link 

 an inch longer. The foot-length, or trail, as it is 

 called in some parts of England, ought to be three 

 yards long, from the end fly to the casting-line, to 

 which it ought always to be knotted, and not looped; 

 and for fine fishing, when the water is low and clear, 

 it ought to be of the finest gut, and the flies of the 

 smallest size. 



HACKLES PROPER, WITHOUT WINQ-S. 



1. Black hackle. Dubbing of brown, leaden, or 

 claret colour, with a black hackle over it. 



2. Similar dubbing, with smoky- dun hackle. These 

 two are to be tried when the water is clear. 



3. Red hackle. Claret, cinnamon, or bright brown, 

 with a red hackle from a cock's neck. The colour of 

 this hackle is of various shades, from a yellowish-red 

 or ginger hackle to a reddish-brown. 



