CH. V.] _SEA FLY-FISHING. 75 
pularly called the “tongue,” as the toughest part. 
It will be found near that part of the fish with 
which it adheres to the rocks. 
Where Cuddies (the young of the Saithe or 
Coal-fish) abound, it is almost hopeless to attempt 
fishing with mussels, for the moment the bait is 
down, it is nibbled off by them, while they them- 
selves, from their small size (generally from four 
to six inches in length), manage to escape the hook. 
The best way of having your revenge on them 
is with a small white fly made of a piece of goose’s 
or gull’s feather, which may be tied in the simplest 
manner, merely taking care to allow a piece of 
about three quarters of an inch in length to pro- 
ject beyond the hook. With flies thus made and 
set up in the following way almost any number 
may be taken:—You should use a stout rod and 
line, (which must be on a reel,) with a strong gut 
collar (casting-line) a little longer than the rod. 
To this collar you may attach, by pieces of gut 
three or four inches long, as many flies as there is 
conveniently room for. Eight or ten is a common 
number, but this may be doubled. Between the 
line and the collar it will be found very useful to 
have a swivel, and also above the tail-fly a weight, 
which may be a length of about a dozen shot, like 
