210 Artificial Flies for taking Salmori. 



hair, touched off with blue and orange, or olive-coloured, 

 throughout, with a twitch of orange occasionally under the 

 wing and near the tip; tail-tuft, a paroquet's breast-fea- 

 ther, or floss-silk, or worsted of crimson or yellow. Hook, 

 as above. 



This fly may be varied in body, by using dark-coloured 

 mohair ; blue, purple, or black in the upper part ; a twitch 

 of orange below, and a black hackle, and silver or gold 

 twist. 



27. THE MALLARD. Wings, taken from the brown-mot- 

 tled feather on the back of the mallard ; body, dark blue, 

 green, or orange mohair, black or brown hackle, and gold 

 or silver tinsel; shoulder, a light blue hackle, sometimes 

 wound in ; tail-tuft, yellow fibres from, golden pheasant's 

 tippet - feather, or a small crest -feather of the same bird. 

 Hook, as above. (Plate i. xxix.) 



The mottled feather is used on the Tweed and its tribu- 

 taries, and is most effective when the water is small and 

 clear. In the north of Scotland, a dark-coloured state of 

 the water is no hindrance to its success ; and it is esteemed 

 a great favourite there. 



It may be observed, that there the summer sizes are most 

 of the adaptations of the spring sizes of salmon-flies em- 

 ployed on the Tweed. 



28. THE MOTTLED-WING. Wings, from the tail of the silver 

 pheasant, hen bird ; also, from a mottled turkey's feather ; 

 body, dark blue mohair, touched off" with orange, and a 

 fine dark-brown hackle; shoulder, light blue or crimson 

 hackle ; tail- tuft, crest-feather of golden phea'sant. Hook, 

 as above. 



29. THE GUINEA-FOWL. Wings, from the finely-marked 

 feather of the guinea-fowl ; body, light blue mohair, touched 

 off with orange below, silver tinsel, and a dark hackle ; 

 shoulder and tuft, &c. as No. 25. Hook, as above. 



30. THE SILVER PHEASANT. Wings, from the silver phea- 

 sant; body, black, or dark blue, black hackle, and silver 

 tinsel ; tail-tuft, crest-feather of golden pheasant, (Plate 

 i. xxx.) 



