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Preface v
The Art of Fly Making 1
An Easy Method to make the Trout Fly 3
An Easy Method of making a Plain Salmon Fly 8
To make the Trout Fly, in the best and most approved method 13
To make the Palmer, or Double-Hackle Fly 20
How to make the Salmon Fly, as shown in the Beautiful Plate
of Engravings on Salmon Hooks 23
Process of making the Gaudy Salmon Fly 30
To make the Winged Larva 42
A Catechism of Fly-Making 46
The Trout Flies for the Season 55
Flies for March 57
Flies for April 60
Flies for May 64
Flies for June 69
Flies for July 72
Flies for August 76
Fishing Rods and Fly Fishing 80
Fly Fishing for Salmon 88
An Account of the Salmon, and its Varieties 96
The Salmon Fry 100
A Description of the Fifteen Salmon Flies Engraved in the
Plates 104
Spring Flies 117
Salmon Rivers 120
The River Tweed 121
The River Shannon 123
The Lakes of Clare 124
The Lakes of Killarney 126
Lough Curran, Waterville 133
Connamara and Ballynahinch 138
Ballyna 142
Ballyshannon 145
The Rivers Bush and Bann 149
The River Bann 156
Lakes of Westmeath 163
The River Lee, at Cork 169
Salmon Rivers in Scotland 170
The River Tay 171
The Dee and Don 176
The River Spey 177
The Findhorn 179
Rivers and Lakes adjacent to Fort William, on the
Caledonian Canal 180
Salmon Flies for Fort William, &c. 186
Salmon Flies for the Ness 187
The River Shin 189
The River Thurso 191
The River Esk 194
Loch Leven 195
The River Allan 196
Loch Awe and River 200
The Rivers Irvine, Girvan, and Stincher, in Ayrshire 203
Rivers of Wales.--The Conway 205
The River Dovey 205
The River Tivey 206
The Wye, Monmouth 207
The River Severn 208
The Trent 209
Rivers of York and Derby 210
The Hodder 211
Rivers of Derby 211
The Rivers Wandle and Coln 212
Bait Fishing.--The River Thames 216
Perch 218
Barbel 219
Pike 221
Roach 224
Dace 226
Carp 226
Chub 227
Gudgeons and Minnows 228
Baits 229
The Art of Dyeing Fishing Colours 232
To Dye Yellow 234
To Dye Brown 236
To Dye a Yellow-Brown 237
To Dye Blue 238
To Dye Red 239
To Dye Orange 240
To Dye Purple or Violet 241
To Dye Crimson 241
To Dye Scarlet. 242
Crimson Red in Grain 243
To Dye Green Drake Feathers and Fur 243
To Dye Claret 244
Another way to Dye Claret 245
To Dye Black 246
To Dye Greens of various Shades 246
To Dye Lavender or Slate Dun, &c. 247
Blues 248
A Silver Grey 248
A Coffee or Chesnut 249
To Dye Olives and a Mixture of Colours 249
A Concise way of Dyeing Colours 250
The Materials necessary for Artificial Fly Making 256