SEA-TROUT IN THE SHETLANDS 137 



the evening display in the hall of that hotel. All 

 the other rods had had a blank day. 



To prove that such a feeling has passed away, 

 I will describe the fly that I have found far 

 better than all others, not only on that occasion, 

 but always when fishing for sea-trout in salt 

 or brackish water, and even up a river. No 

 wings, a soft hackle, rather short, of a smoky- 

 grey, and a silver body, not of tinsel but of 

 dull silver twist. And may it provide for others 

 as good times as it has for the writer ! 



