Artificial Flies for taking Trout, fyc. 203 



It is absurd to talk of this bait being deadly, and that 

 bait being deadly ; all natural baits are deadly, if fished in 

 the places where the fish are accustomed to feed on them in 

 their natural course. So an artificial fly is deadly, if it is a 

 good representation of, and put on the water, like a natural 

 one, and in spots in which fish are known to feed. 



This is the grand secret in killing fish. Observe carefully 

 the haunts of fishes when feeding, and cast in such places. 

 A person fishing in a horse-pond, which is dry half the 

 summer, will take as many trout in a day as some amateurs 

 will while fishing in a river where trout are plentiful, unless 

 they hook one by accident. These certainly flog, flog away, 

 but seldom within many yards of the places where trout 

 abound and feed. (Plate n. cxcvii.) May and June. 



198. THE WOODCOCK. Wings, woodcock ; body, brown 

 spaniel's ear and a little squirrel's fur well mixed; two 

 strands of copper-coloured feather of mallard for forks ; 

 red hackle for legs, dressed with orange silk, and body not 

 too full, but tapering. Good on windy days, and by some 

 considered the best fly we have, Limerick hook, No. 1, 2, 

 or 3, (Plate in. vi.) May to August. 



199. THE EVENING BLOA. Wings, from a jay's light wing- 

 feather ; body, white mohair or silk ; pale dun hackle for 

 legs ; head and tail brown silk, whisks of light dun hackle. 

 (Plate vin.) Limerick hook, No. 0. 



200. THE COMMON-FLY. Wings, spare and short, from a 

 starling's quill-feather ; legs, a dark grizzled hackle ; body, 

 black silk, ribbed with silver twist. Limerick hook, No. 2. 



201. THE COCK-TAIL. Wings, from inside feather of a 

 teal's wing ; legs, a hackle of the same colour ; body, from 

 mole's skin ; tail, two fibres of a white cock's hackle. Lime- 

 rick hook, No. or 1, same shape as Plate in. xcviii. 



202. THE CAPTAIN. Wings, from the tail-feather of a 

 hen grouse or woodcock's wing ; body, dull orange mohair ; 

 legs, a partridge's hackle. Limerick hook, No. 2. A good fly. 



Spider-flies, recommended by Mr. Stewart. 



203. " THE BLACK SPIDER. Made of the small feather of 

 the cock starling, dressed with brown silk. 



