440 SALMON-FLIES 



flies were of a very killing order I declined to pur- 

 chase any ; but I tied some flies for myself from his 

 patterns, and found them more killing than any others 

 I possessed, even out of a large collection. 



The following list comprises the best-known salmon 

 flies, viz.: Jock Scott'""' (and also the Blue Jock Scott) ; 

 Silver Doctor ;"''" Butcher ;'""' Childers ;'"'" Peacock, 

 or Snow-fly ;"''"' Devil ; Wasp Grub ;'" ■' Thunder and 

 Lightning ;"'" Durham Ranger ;""'" Sun-fly, or Dun- 

 keld ; Lord Chief Justice, or Lawyer ; Corballis, or 

 Tay Sun-fly (sold by R. Lees, Perth) ; Champion ;'" 

 Britannia ;"''' Infallible ;'" Harlequin ; Dawson ;'"' Ben- 

 chill ;"" Fairy King; Fairy Queen; Black Dose ;'''"' 

 Colonel ; Brown Dog ;''''" Popham ;"''"" Namsen ; 

 Claret, or Spey-fly ;""' Guinea-hen ; Parson ;"'''" Baker '•> 

 Candlestick-maker ; Blue Ranger ;""'"' The Major ; 

 Black Ranger ;'"'" Doctor ;"'''" Black and Teal ; Gold- 

 finch.'"'""' 



The following are equally suitable for Scotland, 

 Norway, Canada, etc. : The Dun Wing ;'"' the Drake 

 Wing ; the Teal Wing ;"'' the White Wing ; the White 

 Tip ; the Toppy ;'" the Kate ; the Blue Doctor ;'"^ 

 the Black and Yellow ; the Golden Mallard. All these 

 kill well on the Tweed, Beauly, Tay, etc. 



The Dhoon-fly (or Mahseer-fly),'"" used by a friend 

 of mine in the Himalayas, also does well on the Don 

 and Thurso ; the Duke of Sutherland ;'" the Sir Francis 

 Sykes ; the Priest ; the Switching Sandy ;'""" the 

 Black Dog ;'"■'•■ the Tartan ; the Nicholson ;'" the 

 Murray ; the Wasp ;'"'"' the Claret Wasp ;"' the Police- 

 man ; the Waterwitch ; the Lion ;'"' the Spey Dog ;'"' 

 the Caroline ; the Purple King ; the Spey ;""' the 

 Green King ; the Shannon ;'"'"' the Owenmore ; the 



