178 SALMON AND TROUT. 
In order to an adequate comprehension of the theory and 
practice of fly fishing, some general acquaintance with and 
knowledge of the art of making and using the tackle employed, 
as also of the habits and history of the several fish it is proposed 
to ‘angle’ for, are clearly desiderata. They are, in fact, the 
alpha and beta of the business, the ultimate ‘catching’ playing 
the part of omega. 
These two important preliminaries being now, however, 
supposed to be more or less mastered, and the neophyte having 
become to some extent a naturalist as well as a fairly good judge 
in the matters of rods, lines, hooks, &c., the next point is to apply 
his knowledge to the practical business of fly fishing, beginning, 
as is but respectful to the king of fresh waters, with fly fishing 
for Salmon. This subject, for the reasons stated in my Pre- 
fatory Note, I have committed to other and more orthodox 
hands. ; 
A safer pilot through the shoals and quicksands of the art 
than Major Traherne, or a more experienced and practical 
exponent of its mysteries, cannot be found within the ‘three 
seas that girth Britain.’ - A diagram indicating, for purposes of 
reference, the names of the different parts of a salmon-fly will 
be found on the preceding page.— H. C.-P, 
SALMON FISHING WITH THE FLY. 
ALSO A FEW NOTES ON FLY FISHING FOR SEA TROUT, 
It is with great pleasure, although with considerable diffidence, 
that I accede to a request, made in very complimentary terms 
by Mr. Cholmondeley-Pennell, that I should write an account of 
my experience in salmon fishing ; and I am induced to do so 
in the hope that it may be instructivé to gentlemen who are 
inexperienced in the art, and also to a certain extent interesting 
to the angling public. 
