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know when salmon may be in the humour, there- 

 fore " Never throw your fly without expecting a 

 fish." 



A FEW WORDS ABOUT FLIES. 



This is a somewhat difficult subject to touch 

 upon. 



When one sees the gaudy paraphernalia in the 

 fishing-tackle makers' shops, one's heart sinks, but 

 I suppose they must be of some use. It would be 

 interesting if we could get a record of the re- 

 sults of the well-known flies, the Pophams, the 

 Butchers, the Doctors, etc., etc., as to their killing 

 powers, something in the same manner as Mr. 

 W. Balderson has done with the trout flies, as lately 

 given in " The Fishing Gazette." 



My experience in salmon fishing has been princi- 

 pally in the autumn months, August, September, and 

 October, and with the exception of the Blue or Silver 

 Doctor and the Jock Scott, and occasionally the Sun 

 fly, I always use sober-coloured flies, with excellent 

 results. There are four especial patterns which I 

 never am without ; the Western Butcher, a very 

 different fly to the gaudy gentleman we find in the 

 shops (but he also is a capital fly at times), dressed 

 on two different sized hooks, Nos. 6 and 9, Limerick. 

 Body of dark maroon mohair, silver twist ; wings, 



