ARTIFICIAL FLIES. 6l I 



General Flies, good at any time. 



IHt, No. 8.— A hackle fly, ribbed with silver tinsel ; body, hackle, wings and 

 iUl, scarlet 



Peacock Palmer^ No. 8. — Body, peacock herls ; hackle black, and red mixed. 



Grey Palmer^ No. 8. — Body, peacock herl j dark grey hackle. 



Professor^ Nos. 8. and 9.— Body, bright yellow ; feet, golden brown ; wingSy 

 wood duck and mallard, dyed vellow, mixed ; tail, scarlet ibis. 



Queen of tke Water ^ Nos. 8' and 9.— A hackled fly ; body, orange, ribbed with 

 gold tinsel ; hackle, chicken red ; wings, bright mottle of the mallard. 



Grizzly King^ Nos. 8 and 9. — A hackly fly ; body, green ; hackle, dark grey • 

 tail, scarlet ibis ; wings, mottled feather of the pin-tail. 



Besides the above, the following are favorite flies. 



Abbey .^ Golden pheasant and red tail, brown hackle, dark grey wing. 



March Brown.^ Brown body, ribbed with yellow silk, brown hackle, turkey 

 wing. 



Brown Hen^ Peacock body, brown hackle, wild turkey wing. 



Silver Blacky Black hackle, light black body, ribbed with silver tinsel, dark 

 wing. 



Oak^ Orange body, -ribbed with black silk, brownhackle, turkey wing. 



Blue Mole^ Dark grey body, grey hackle, slate-colored wing. 



Silver Grey^ Silver body, grey hackle, grey wing. 



Orange Black. Orange body, black hackle, dark wing. 



May, Yellow body, yellow hackle, yellow wing. 



Ped A nt., Brown body, brown hackle, light wing. 



Montreal, Red body, red hackle, grey wing. 



Mlue Professor, Red tail, blue body, brown hackle, grey wing. 



Cinnamon^ Light brown body, brown hackle, brown wing. 



Alder ^ Claret body, black hackle, slate-colored wing. 



Blue Bottle, Blue body, black hackle, slate-colored wing. 



AUerton, Body, yellow, ribbed with gold ; hackle, blue and yellow; tail o. 

 wood duck feather. 



Also the Blue Dun, Pale Green Dun, yellow spinner, jenny spinner, yellow 

 sally, and, it is said, eight hundred patterns in all. The above will suffice for an 

 assortment ; the less used the bettdr, in our opinion. 



Other Baits. 



Helgratniie or Dobson. — What are known as Helgramites in the South and 

 Dobsons in the North, are the fully grown larvae and pupae of several aquatic 

 species in the family Sialina. Their feeding gi^ound is chiefly in sluggish rivers. 

 They are rare in mountain streams or head springs. They will be found in the 

 shallow parts of the stream, under stones or submerged driftwood, or buried in 

 the soft mud along its banks. 



Fish Roe. — Tie a quantity, the bulk of a marble, in a bit of mosquito netting, o 

 secure it to the hook with woolen threads. It can be preserved for a year in equa 

 parts of salt and saltpetre. Cork tight in a bottle, and keep in a cool place. Fresh 

 roe is the best. 



^ro^.— Izaak Walton says : *' Put your hook through the mouth, and out of 

 his gills, and then with a fine needle and silk sew the upper part of his leg, with 

 only one stitch, to the arming wire of the hook, and in so doing, use aim as 

 though you loved him." 



To Scour Angle IVorms.—Flaice them in sand, and they will clean themselves 

 of earth, and become fresh and red^ Raw beef is a good substitute, when wormt 

 cannot begot. 



To keep dead Minnows Fresh. — Pack in wet saw-dust and salt or brine, add- 

 ing a little saltpetre. Coarse straw dampened is also a good packing. 



Live Minno7vs.—'Ha.ve made a large bucket, holding say four gallons, with 

 tnsidc bucket small enough to have plenty of play ana thoroughly perforated. 

 Place a large piece of ice on top of the inside bucket every ten or fifteen minutes; 

 churn the insiie bucket up and down to aerate the water. If the inside bucket is 

 oval on the bottom, it is much better than if it has a flat bottom, as the car or boar 

 will keep the bucket in motion. In this bucket minnows have beea transported 

 two hundred miles. 



