138 THE SALMON FLY. 



SIDES. Summer Duck, covering lower part of tippet. 

 CHEEKS. Chatterer. 

 HORNS. Blue Macaw. 

 HEAD. Black Berlin Wool. 



RIVERS : Tweed, etc. 



(NOTE. This fly occasionally -kills under general conditions of 

 weather and water, but is frequently found useful as a special standard for 

 moving sulky fish.) 



THE DAVIDSON. G.S. 



(W. J. DAVIDSON.) 



(Pattern and particulars given to me by Mr. Davidson himself when fishing 



together on the Tay at Aberfeldy.) 

 TAG. Gold twist and yellow silk. 

 TAIL. A topping and Peacock wing. 

 BUTT. Black herl. 

 BODY. In two sections : 1st half of gold tinsel, ribbed with gold tinsel 



(oval) and butted with a Jay hackle : 2nd half, blue silk ribbed 



with gold tinsel (oval). 

 THROAT. A tippet (hackle- wise). 

 WINGS. Three toppings, the one in the centre is put on its back ; the 



other two at the sides, projecting outwards. 

 HEAD. Black herl. 



The inventor, who introduced Frank Buckland to his first fish, 

 used this pattern on all occasions when he found Salmon in a sulky 

 humour. 



THE DAWSON. G.S. 



(KEXNET DAWSON.) 



TAG. Silver twist and yellow silk. 

 TAIL. A topping and Chatterer. 



