[113] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 937 



Artificial flies for salmon, trout, and bass — Continued. 



bx. Round Lake. Body : Orange and red claret merging into 

 each- other, silver tinselled. Tail : Sprigs of gold pheas- 

 ant tippet, blue macaw, and green parrakeet. Legs : A 

 claret hackle with a turn or two of orange on the shoulder. 

 Wings : Two strips of brown turkey, with a small jungle- 

 cock's feather on each side. Hooks, Nos. 1, 2, and 3. 



by. Nicholson. 



bz. Our pattern. 



ca. Saranac. Body: Claret floss silk ribbed with gold tinsel, 



backed with silver twist. Tail : China pheasant crest- 

 feather. Legs: A claret hackle. Wings: Two China 

 pheasant tippet feathers on each side, a strip or two of 

 brown mallard and argus pheasant ; black ostrich head. 

 Hooks, Nos. 1-0, 2, and 3. 



cb. Long Tom of Long Lake. Body : Gray squirrel mixed with 



a little green mohair ribbed with silver tinsel. Tail: 

 China pheasant crest-feather. Legs : A blue dun cock's 

 hackle ; at shoulder two or three turns of bright claret 

 hackle. Wings: Strips of brown mallard mixed with 

 strands of summer duck, peacock-wing, and upper cov- 

 erts of the wild turkey, red macaw feelers ; black plush 

 head. Hooks, Nos. 1, 2, and 3. 



cc. St. Begis. Body : Cinnamon mohair ribbed with double gold 



twist. Tail : A strip of China pheasant tippet mixed 

 with a few strands of bustard. Legs : A chestnut hackle 

 with three turns or so of orange-dyed guinea-hen, small 

 and short in the fibers. Wings : Strips of brown mal- 

 lard, brown turkey, English pheasant tail, and China 

 tippet ; black ostrich head. Hooks, ISTos. 1 and 2. 



cd. No. 8. Body : Three or four turns of mohair, rest of black 



mohair ribbed with silver tinsel and backed with gold 

 twist. Tail: A small topping. Legs: A dyed black 

 hackle and a shoulder of red claret. Wings: Mixed 

 fibers of mallard, guinea-hen tail-feather over wing, two 

 strips of dark turkey tipped with white. Hooks, Nos. 2 

 and 3. 



ce. Highlander. 



cf. Lady of Mertoun. Body : Water-rat's fur ribbed with silver 



twist. Tail : A tip of common ostrich or mohair and a 

 gold pheasant topping. Legs : Two or three turns of 

 a small red hackle finished off with a black hackle. 

 Wings : Strips of dark-gray mallard. Head : Crimson 

 ostrich or mohair. Hooks, Nos. 1-0, 1, and 2. 

 eg. Toppy. Body : Black mohair ribbed with silver tinsel. Tail : 

 A topping tip crimson. Legs : A turn or two of red 



