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          ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL.

          LONDON:
          PRINTED BY GEO. NICHOLS, EARL'S COURT,
          LEICESTER SQUARE.

[Illustration: FLY FISHING]




PATRONISED BY H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT.

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BLACKER'S, ART OF FLY MAKING, &c.,

          COMPRISING ANGLING,
          & DYEING OF COLOURS,

          WITH ENGRAVINGS
          OF SALMON & TROUT FLIES
          SHEWING THE PROCESS
          OF THE GENTLE CRAFT
          AS TAUGHT IN
          THE PAGES.

       *       *       *       *       *

          WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF
          FLIES FOR THE SEASON
          OF THE YEAR
          AS THEY COME OUT
          ON THE WATER.

          REWRITTEN & REVISED
          BY THE AUTHOR
          BLACKER, HIMSELF,
          FISHING TACKLE MAKER
          OF 54, DEAN ST, SOHO,
          LONDON.

          1855.




CONTENTS.


                                                               Page.
  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




PREFACE.


I know not how to apologise for submitting a Second Edition of this
little Book to the notice of the Angling few, after the appearance of so
many by clever writers, except the many calls I had for it, and a
sincere desire of improving farther upon a craft that has not hitherto
been clearly promulgated by a real practitioner; consequently my great
object is to benefit and amuse my readers, by giving them something
practical,