THE SALMON FLY. 185 



BUTT. Black herl. 



BODY. In three equal sections of " Green Macaw " silk, ribbed with 



fine gold tinsel ; each section butted above and below with fibres 



of Parrot, followed by black herl. 

 THROAT. Parrot hackle. 



WINGS. Golden Pheasant tail, Gallina, Summer Duck, and a topping. 

 HORNS. Red as well as blue Macaw. 

 HEAD. Black herl. 



It is remarkable that the only Salmon ever known to have been 

 taken in the river Trent fell victim to a green body. In a letter I received, 

 from Gainsborough a few years since the Eev. H. Caferata says : " The 

 evidence you gave at the House of Lords the other day (re the Trent 

 Navigation Bill) in regard to our Salmon exactly coincided with my own 

 opinions. There is no doubt whatever that several reaches of our river 

 could be rendered suitable to meet the exigencies of fly-fishing. The 

 Trent being void of many natural catches is the very reason why artificial 

 ones should be established ; and then, after a year or two, we should soon 

 teach the fish to rise to and take flies. I have made every enquiry in 

 connection with the opinion you ventured to offer, and I find that a 

 Salmon has been taken not far from this town with a fly. . . But is 

 it not curious that, considering there are so few rivers where green flies 

 pay, that the only Trent Salmon known to have been caught with a fly, 

 should have been taken with one of them ? " 



LOUISE. G.S. 



(BERNARD.) 



TAG. Silver twist and pink silk. 

 TAIL. A topping. 

 BUTT. Black herl. 

 BODY. In three sections butted with black herl: No. 1, light lilac silk; 



No. 2, dark lilac or slate coloured silk ; No. 3, pink silk. 

 RIBS. Silver tinsel (fine). 

 HACKLE. From third butt, a natural straw coloured coch-a-bonddu. 



