WEATHER FOR SALMON FISHING. 319 



which a salmon always returns after rising at the 



fly." 



Salmon never take well when the weather is 

 about to change ; it is therefore useless to go out 

 when the mercury remains at the changeable 

 point. When it first sets in for a continuance of 

 dry weather, the fish will rise about your hook, 

 and only break the surface of the water; but 

 before a flood they will spring clear out of it, for 

 the purpose, perhaps, of filling their air-bladders 

 before travelling. Salmon do not rise well during 

 a fresh, and when the water is turbid after a 

 flood you must not fish in strong streams, but in 

 milder running ones near the bank, and at the 

 tails of easy streams. When the horizon is 

 charged with large, lazy, fleecy clouds, you will 

 kill very few salmon. 



Mr. Scrope gives a list of six killing salmon- 

 flies. They are as follow: Kinmont Willie; 

 wings, mottled feather from under the wings of a 

 male teal, head, yellow wool ; body, fur of the 

 hare's ear ; end of body, red wool ; tail, yellow 

 wool ; round the body black cock's hackle. 



The lady of Mertoun ; wings, the same as 

 before ; head, crimson wool ; body, water-rat's 

 fur; end of body, crimson wool; tail, yellow 

 wool ; round the body, black cock's hackle ; end 

 of body, a little red hackle. These flies should 

 be dressed somewhat small. 



