SALMON FISHING WITH THE FLY. 215 
THE ‘CAPTAIN.’ 
Tag: Silver twist and light blue silk. 
Tail; A topping and chatterer. - ; . 
Body : Two turns of light orange silk, two turns dark orange seal’s fur, 
two turns dark red-claret seal’s fur, and finish with dark blue seal’s fur, 
Ribbed : Silver tinsel. © 
Hackle: A white coch-y-bonddu ayed light red-claret, from the orange 
silk. 
Throat: Blue hackle and gallina. 
Wings: Pintail, teal, gallina, peacock wing, Amherst pheasant, bustard, 
and golden pheasant tail; swan dyed light orange, dark orange, dark 
claret, and dark blue ; with two strips mallard above, and a topping. 
Sides : Jungle fowl. 
fforns : Blue macaw. 
Head; Black herl. 
The Captain is one of my own patterns, and was introduced by 
Bernard, of ‘Church Place, Piccadilly, with another of mine called the 
Champion, many years ago. But it has long since adopted the name of 
the Poinder in Scotland, and is pethiaps better known there by that 
erroneous appellation. 
It is rather difficult to recommend this fly without appearing to blow 
my own trumpet; at the same time I shall probably be justified in saying 
that as a general pattern it holds its own everywhere. I have had good 
sport with it dressed in all sizes and very rarely meet with disappointment, 
especially as a change when the Durham Ranger, for example, has moved 
a fish. It should be dressed very small for lakes or shallow streams, 
