Aetificial Flies. 351 



Professor Mayer and I, being natives of Baltimore, and 

 knowing that black and yellow formed a good and taking 

 combination in an artificial fly, each designed, unknown to 

 the other, a fly to embody these colors; and as they are 

 the heraldic colors of the State of Maryland, and were the 

 heraldic colors of Lord Baltimore, Professor Mayer aptly 

 named his trout fly, " Lord Baltimore ;" while I designated 

 my black bass fly, the "oriole," from the Baltimore oriole, 

 or hanging bird, which beautiful songster was named in 

 honor of Lord Baltimore, as its colors were the samfe as his 

 own — black and orange. 



The following fly is one of my own designs, and at times 

 is very killing. It is constructed entirely of metallic colors, 

 and I give its formula in order that any one feeling an 

 interest in it may try it : 



Golden Dustman. — Body, bronze (peacock harl) ; hackle, 

 golden yellow; wings, bronze (wild turkey); tail, fibers 

 from the crest of golden pheasant. 



Abbey & Imbrie have patented and manufacture what 

 they call the " fiuttering fly." It is made in the same 

 patterns arid in the same manner as the conventional fly, 

 except that the hook is reversed ; that is, the tail of the fly 

 is at the end of the shank, while the head is near the bend 

 of the hook, or opposite to the point. 



Some of the best flies for black bass that I have seen 

 are tied by George H. Burtis, Worcester, Mass. He uses 

 the best material to be obtained, and his flies are at once 

 artistic, beautiful and practical. 



Charles F. Orvis has long been favorably known for his 

 excellent bass flies, and he sustains his well-earned reputa- 

 tion for careful and superior work, and is indorsed by 

 hundreds of our best anglers. 



The following is a list of flies that have been employed 



