water, did good work. Once I saw him killing sal- 

 mon in the middle of the day with a fly whose 

 body was silver, the hackle red, and the wings 

 nearly pink. I asked him what he called it, and 

 he said it was a Silver Durham Ranger, size 

 No. 1. Another fancy of his was the Wilkin- 

 son, which I have tried and found to be good. 

 The Durham Ranger, however, has never be- 

 friended me on the Cascapedia, although if con- 

 stantly used it might do as well as any other color. 

 We all like to change flies ; it amuses us, and there 

 is a certain fascination about it : but I believe it is 

 more apt to do harm than good, because the more 

 you change, the more you whip the pool. It is 

 better to rest the fish longer, cast less frequently, 

 and try to tempt them again with the same fly at 

 which they first rose. I do not believe that salmon 

 pay any particular attention to the color of small 

 objects in high water; it is likely that the size and 

 the bright silver tinsel on the body attract them 

 more than the color of the fly; therefore, at 

 tliis time, when the water is muddy, and also 

 at night, use large sizes with silver bodies; but 

 when the river is low and clear, I should recom- 

 mend small and medium flies of sombre hues. 

 Then, if the salmon are not sleeping and you are 

 careful in making the cast, you will not find it 

 necessary to be continually changing flies. One 

 may be using too large or too small flies, and the 



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