. Alphabet of scientific angling for the use of beginners. Fly fishing; Bait fishing; Fishes -- Food; Fishes -- Feeding and feeds; Fishes -- Sense organs. ANGLING FOR SAL^fON. 101 As a spring fly, make the wings of the dark mottled brown or blackish feather of a turkey ; body of orange camlet mixed with a little mohair; and a dusky red or bright brown cock's hackle, plucked from the back, where the fibres are longest, for the legs. The hook should be No. 2; and it has been observed that all large salmon-flies should be dressed upon two or three lengths of gut twisted together, and that the sil
. Alphabet of scientific angling for the use of beginners. Fly fishing; Bait fishing; Fishes -- Food; Fishes -- Feeding and feeds; Fishes -- Sense organs. ANGLING FOR SAL^fON. 101 As a spring fly, make the wings of the dark mottled brown or blackish feather of a turkey ; body of orange camlet mixed with a little mohair; and a dusky red or bright brown cock's hackle, plucked from the back, where the fibres are longest, for the legs. The hook should be No. 2; and it has been observed that all large salmon-flies should be dressed upon two or three lengths of gut twisted together, and that the silk in dressing be brought beyond the shank of the hook, and wrapped four or five times round the gut, so that it may not speedily cut by the sharpness of the steel. This same fly, dressed with the wings of a somewhat lighter shade, and with the addition of a Uttle gold wire or thread, wrapped round the body at equal distances, will also serve for a more advanced season of the The Quaker fly is of smaller size, and may some-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Rennie, James, 1787-1867. London : William Orr
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