230 FISHING GOSSIP. 
same dresser is formed of peacock herl, wings of tur- 
key-tail, or the feather of the wing of the hen-pheasant, 
a black hackle extending from the vent to the head, 
and a few turns of black ostrich harl and twist or 
gold tinsel at the tail. The whole resembles a good 
deal a palmer to which wings were added. As exem- 
plifying the caprice of salmon, or of those who profess 
to know exactly their tastes, it may be remarked that 
the flies used on a neighbouring river—the Conway— 
and rising in the same mountain range as the Dee, often 
combine the brightest tints of the silk-dyer with the 
richest colours of tropical plumage. Possibly the 
mystery which now envelopes the question may yet 
be reduced to narrow limits. Problems of equal or 
greater difficulty in other departments of natural 
science have yielded to perseverance, research, and 
well-directed experiment. . 
For the information of anglers unacquainted with 
the topography and arrangements of the Dee fishery, 
it may be necessary to observe here, that what is 
called the Glendwyr Preserve, embracing the finest 
part of the river for salmon-fishing, extends from the 
village of Llansaintffraid, about three miles below 
Corwen, to the chain bridge near Valle Crucis Abbey. 
The distance between these points is about seven 
miles, road measurement, but twice that length per- 
haps, following the sinuous windings of the stream. 
Tn this space are included the four most celebrated 
