. The book of the salmon; in two Usefully illustrated with numerous coloured engravings of salmon-flies, and salmon-fry. ?.XotLOTaa TWO PLENTIFUL PURVEYORS. 91 feather, mixed with golden pheasant tail and neck-feathers, guinea-hen and teal, and a topping bend-ing over the whole; blue and yellow macawfeelers, and blue mohair head. Hook, No. 6. This is a deadly Sutherlandshire fly, particu-larly for the Shin and Laxford. It has been tome a plentiful purveyor of salmon. It is a modelot a subdued gaudy fly, and will prove a generalkiUer in rivers of moderately high water. Thesalmon-fisher
. The book of the salmon; in two Usefully illustrated with numerous coloured engravings of salmon-flies, and salmon-fry. ?.XotLOTaa TWO PLENTIFUL PURVEYORS. 91 feather, mixed with golden pheasant tail and neck-feathers, guinea-hen and teal, and a topping bend-ing over the whole; blue and yellow macawfeelers, and blue mohair head. Hook, No. 6. This is a deadly Sutherlandshire fly, particu-larly for the Shin and Laxford. It has been tome a plentiful purveyor of salmon. It is a modelot a subdued gaudy fly, and will prove a generalkiUer in rivers of moderately high water. Thesalmon-fisher should never be without it. No. 9. Body, blue floss silk, ribbed with silvertwist; tapering orange tag, and topping for tail;guinea-hen hackle wound close by the silvertwist, and thickening and lengthening up to theshoulder; wings, a full mixture of golden phea-sant tail and neck-feathers, guinea-hen and tealfeathers ; blue and yellow long macaw feelers, andbronze peacock harl head. Hook, No. 5. and 6. This fly is as deadly as the latter, and bettersuited for day-fishing in deep clear pools andstreams. As a general fly,
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