FLY-FISHING FOR BASS, ETC. 125 



shores last August, I found that a special fly was 

 wanted to withstand the sharp teeth of the perch ; 

 and after many experiments I found the follow- 

 ing to be the most killing combination. It is a 

 modification of the ever useful " Coachman." I 

 call it the Bronze Coachman : — 



Body, of the bronze tinsel cord one gets at the 

 dry-goods stores at five cents or so a ball. It is 

 used by ladies for embroidering on velvet, etc. 

 Legs, plenty of brown hackle ; wings, white. 



With this fly we sometimes caught three perch 

 on a line at one time ; of course using three 

 flies. These flies were made on a No. 6 hook. 

 (See Fig. 33.) 



A Brown Hackle is a capital fly also for perch. 

 So is what is known as the Soldier Palmer. This 

 fly has a red silk or woollen yarn body ; and one 

 hackle is tied in at the bend of the hook or tail 

 end of the body, and run up in several coils to 

 the head, and there fastened ; another one is then 

 tied in at the head in the ordinary way. 



Either of these flies will also catch the lively 

 little sun-fishes ; and I do not by any means dis- 

 dain this small fry, if fished for on the trout-rod 

 with fine gut and small hooks. 



