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55/454/1-7
Description
These 7 fishing flies demonstrate 6 different methods of winging salmon flies. They were originally presented in a glass-topped case, but have since been remounted.
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fishing flies
Archival history
MERL miscellaneous note - 'Wet Flies // ... When fishing upstream only one fly is used on a short line. Downstream fishing requires a long line usually with three flies (with a good entry). // The fly float. Naturally when fishing upstream no motion is given to the fly. Fishing downstream requires usually a [?] cast with three flies attached a yard apart. // Dy Flies // A different object - namely to corner your fish with your fly after having chosen the best point from which to make your attack. Wet fly fishing searches every yard of the water. Used on chalk streams where there is plenty of insect life and fish only move a few feet in search of surface food or in mountain streams where food is scarce, the current strong and fish have to search for food. // Selection of flies must take account firstly of the natural flies the fish are that moment feeding on. Try a similar type in size and colour. A fancy fly might attract trout when they are not feeding. The qualities of any flies are: // a. Form and size... // b. Bouyancy... // c. Transparency... // d. Colour... // Salmon Fishing // The size and colour of the fly are most important. The fish may rise short of a big fly but if too small the hook does not sink very well...
Dictionary of Trout Flies. A. C. Williams // Artificial flies have been made for nearly 2000 years and books exist on the subject back to the 15th c. The standard wet patterns emerged largely in the North and Midlands being suited to conditions there. Style and colour myst be goverened always by local conditions. // Dry flies appeared at the end of the 19th c, having been used only in [?] fashion before.', MERL miscellaneous note - 'These salmon and trout flies have all been remounted and the original glass topped cases were not found. // December 1988'
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