SALMON FISHING WITH THE FLY. 221 
[Nores By THE EpiTor.] 
To Major Traherne’s capital selection of standard flies I should be dis- 
posed to add half a dozen patterns which in my own experience I have 
found to be generally ‘good killers’ on the salmon rivers of the United 
Kingdom. The descriptive formulz of these flies are by Mr. Charles 
Farlow, 191 Strand. 
THE ‘BEAUFORT MOTH.’ 
Tag: Gold tinsel; Zaid: Golden pheasant topping; Sody: Bronze 
peacock herl, ribbed with gold tinsel ; Hack/e, Throat: Red cock’s (throat 
hackle only) ; }’imgs : Two small white hen feathers ; Head : Peacock herl. 
This fly will be found very useful during the last hours of daylight if 
fish are shy. It has never failed to kill on any river on which it has been 
tried in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Canada, and Labrador. 
THE ORIGINAL ‘SILVER WILKINSON.’ 
Tag: Silver tinsel; Zai7: Golden pheasant topping, and short tippet 
feather ; Butt: Scarlet pigswool ; Body: Silver tinsel ribbed with silver 
oval or twist; Hacks; Light blue at shoulder, with magenta over it ; 
Wing: Under, two strips of Canadian wood duck feather barr’d, and a few 
fibres of red macaw; two long jungle cock feathers, and two short ditto ; 
three golden pheasant toppings, and short tippet feather, tied in whole (zo¢ 
as a hackle), over all; Cheeks: Blue chatterer ; Horns: Blue and yellow 
macaw ; Aad: Black ostrich herl. ; 
An excellent fly on a bright day, but the strongest.point in its success 
