SALMON FISHING WITH THE FLY. 213 
THE ‘SILVER GREY.’ 
Tag: Silver twist and yellow silk. 
Tail: A topping, unbarred summer duck, and two strands of blue 
macaw. 
Butt: Black herl. 
Body: Silver tinsel (flat) ribbed with silver tinsel (oval). 
Hfackle: From first turn of ribs, a silver-white coch-y-bonddu. 
Throat: Light widgeon. 
Wings: Silver pheasant, bustard, golden pheasant tail, pintail, pow- 
dered blue macaw, gallina, swan dyed yellow ; two strips mallard above, 
and a topping. 
Sides : Jungle fowl. 
fforns : Blue macaw. 
Head: Black Berlin wool. 
The Silver Grey, another of the Sprouston list, also by James Wright, 
is a very old and well-established pattern. 
T have cast this fly for years with considerable success in all kinds of 
pools and corners, and it seems to be equally effective either in bright or 
dull weather, in open or shaded places. In rivers where the fish are 
proverbially sulky it is a great favourite, and I have one or two instances 
recorded of its success in out-of-the-way districts ‘where no fishers abide.’ 
The Silver Grey makes a capital change with the Lion—the two most 
valued silver-bodied flies in general use. Many anglers are shy of tinselled 
bodies, but either of these patterns can be safely recommended, and, the 
question as to size being correctly estimated, exceptional sport is frequently 
obtained with them, 
