64 THE SALMON FISHER. 



a Scottish pattern described as follows in the Fish- 

 ing Gazette, which is said to be very killing. It is 

 called the black and yellow wasp : Tag, silver tinsel 

 and yellow floss ; tail, crest woodduck and scarlet 

 ibis ; first half of body golden yellow pig's wool, 

 over this oval gold tinsel pretty closely put on ; the 

 upper half black pig's wool ; over this flat silver tin- 

 sel, a black hackle ; over the black, shoulder hackle 

 guinea fowl wing black mottled turkey. We have 

 heard of trolling with phantoms astern of a boat as 

 a successful method for fishing for land-locked sal- 

 mon in Scotland when flies failed. As a dernier 

 resort in the last extremity, baiting a buoy with 

 chopped fish will win. Set the buoy in thirty or 

 forty feet of water, and on the third day after, try 

 your luck. Bait the hook with the same kind of fish 

 that you chummed with, or with live minnows, which 

 are equally taking, and use sinker just heavy enough 

 to carry the bait to the bottom. "When a fish is felt 

 let him have a pull at the hook, and then raise the 

 rod gently and firmly as if you were trying to lift a 

 dead weight. With a light fly-rod the subsequent 

 proceedings are interesting. 



