208 Artificial Flies for taking Salmon. 



pheasant's crest or yellow wool, over the crimson worsted a 

 red cock's hackle, continued from the black one, under the 

 wings. 



18. THE WHITE SWAN. Wings, made of six strands of 

 a swan's white quill-feather for each; body, dark blue or 

 black pig's wool in the upper part, succeeded by claret- 

 coloured pig's wool ; legs, a dark cock's hackle, edged with 

 brown, in the upper part, crimson hackle ; further down, 

 silver tinsel ; shoulders, light blue hackle, intermixed with 

 mohair of the same colour ; tail-tuft, light yellow. Ad- 

 lington hook, from No. 15 to 20. In the spring sizes of 

 salmon-flies, lace and tinsel are preferable to gold and silver 

 twist. 



19. THE PENCILLED SNIPE. Wings, from the finely pen- 

 cilled feathers found in the inside of a snipe's wing, one 

 feather for each wing, or the pencilled feather of a silver 

 cock pheasant ; body, the same as No. 3 ; shoulders, the 

 same also, or scarlet hackle and wool ; tail-tuft, yellow or 

 crimson. Hook, as above, or Philips' hook, from No. 4 to 6. 



20. THE WHITE TOP. Wings, from the tail-feather of a 

 turkey, with a white or light top or edge ; body, nearest 

 wings, black worsted, next, claret-coloured, next, blue or 

 red near the tail-tuft; legs, black hackle; body, ribbed 

 with silver tinsel: or, shoulders, light blue or crimson to 

 correspond with the lower extremity of the body ; tail-tuft, 

 yellow, or orange. Hook, as above. 



21. THE DOUBLE WHITE TOP. Wings, a variety of the 

 above, No. 18 ; body, black mohair in the upper part, 

 relieved below by light blue and yellow mohair, black and 

 fine yellow hackles in succession, ribbed with silver and 

 gold tinsel ; shoulders, fine orange hackle ; tail-tuft, crimson 

 and yellow side by side. A favourite fly in cold weather. 



.look, as above. 



22. THE DUN WING. Wings, taken from the salmon- 

 tailed glede or buzzard; also, from the turkey, Egyptian 

 goose, and mountain-pheasant, &c. ; body, dark mohair, re- 

 lieved by red or deep orange, black hackle with orange one 

 succeeding it, silver or gold tinsel ; shoulder, light blue or 

 crimson; tail-tuft, to correspond with shoulder in colour. 



