320 AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOK. 



The Scarlet Ibis, as much as it is lauded by some, I have 

 never had much success with, except for those splendid 

 Canadian fish known as Sea Trout. With a red or bright 

 yellow body ribbed with gold twist, it is very killing in 

 angling for them. 



The Governor, though a beautiful fly, I have not tried 

 successfully. It closely resembles the Fern-Fly. 



The fly-fisher who keeps a varied assortment should not be 

 without a few small dark Camlet-Flies. The Irish fly-makers 

 excel in these. I have found, however, that small dark 

 Hackles, and the Alder-Fly, when tied on a No. 10 hook, with 

 wings from a dark mottled brown hen, to raise Trout when 

 anything artificial could induce them to come to the surface. 



At the Sault Ste. Marie, and on the lakes of Maine, and on 

 some of the rivers about Lake Superior, small Salmon-flies 

 are more killing than Trout-flies ; hooks smaller than No. 2 

 (Twjut) are seldom used there. 



After having gone into' a somewhat lengthy description of 

 the flies I have found to take well, I will refer to a few which 

 I tie for my own fishing, and with slight variation of color 

 and size, I find them ample for all seasons, weather, and 

 " water. I do not pretend to say that other flies may not be as 

 killing on the whip of other anglers, but the constant use of 

 these for the last five or six summers, has given me (it may 

 be) a kind of blind faith in them, which has led me to adopt 

 them to the exclusion of nearly all others. 



Of winged flies I use only the Brown Men and the Coach- 

 man ; of Hackles, only a brown, a black, and a ginger. 



There is no variation in the bodies of my Coachmen ; they 

 are always of copper- colored peacock's hurl, tipped with tin- 

 sel, the legs invariably of red hackle. The wings are of four 

 tints : first, white ; second, a light lead color, generally from 

 a tame pigeon ; third, a shade of lead color rather darker — a 



