Flies and Casting-Lines. 17 



yellow tip to the red and green bodies, or a 

 red tip to the yellow ; but a cast composed of 

 red or green and teal with orange and mallard 

 is unsurpassable. For this class of fishing, 

 the flies should be dressed with loops, and 

 the bob should be fixed to the casting -line 

 by means of a small strand of gut. Two 

 flies on a cast are quite sufficient when big 

 fish are expected. We can hardly advise the 

 angler to try fly-dressing on his own account. 

 It is hardly worth his while, as flies are to 

 be had very reasonably from any respectable 

 tackle - maker ; and they are much better 

 dressed in ninety -nine cases out of a hun- 

 dred than any amateur performance. 



Casting -Lines. Provide yourself with half 

 a dozen each, of different thickness that is, 

 fine, medium, and stout, the latter for salmon 

 and sea-trout fishing. That quantity should 

 suffice for a fortnight's outing, even making 

 allowance for breakage, and leave you some 

 over for another time : but in this matter it is 

 better to run no risk of being short. The gut 

 should be stained a light tea colour, or the 

 faintest blue : it can be bought so. There is 

 B 



