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If in the fall of the year, take 



English blue-jay (6). 



Gray drake (6), — good. 



Last, but not least, a large, stoutly woven land- 

 ing-net. 



This is enough. I know that what I say touch- 

 ing the salmon flies will astonish some, but I do 

 not hesitate to assert that with two dozen small- 

 sized salmon flies I should feel myself well pro- 

 vided for a six weeks' sojourn in the wilderness. 

 Of course you can add to the above list many 

 serviceable flies ; my own book is stocked with a 

 dozen dozens of all sizes and colors, but the above 

 is a good practical outfit, and all one really needs. 



If you are unaccustomed to "fly fishing," and 

 prefer to " grub it " with ground bait (and good 

 sport can be had with bait fishing too), get two or 

 three dozens short-shanked, good-sized hooks, hand 

 tied to strong crcaTO-colored snells, and you are 

 well provided. If you can find worms, they make 

 the best bait ; if not, cut out a strip from a chub, 

 and, loading your line with shot, yank it along 

 through the water some foot or more under the sur- 

 face, as when fishing for pickerel. I have had trout 

 many times rise and take such a bait, even when 

 sicittered along on the top of the water. To every 

 fly-fisher my advice is, be sure and take plenty of 

 casting-lines. Have some six, others nine feet 

 long. There are lines made out of "sea sneU" 



