Fishing by Cholmondeley-Pennell H. (Henry) 1837-1915

Author:Cholmondeley-Pennell, H. (Henry), 1837-1915
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Fishing, Fishes, Fishing tackle
Publisher: London [etc.] Longmans, Green and Co.
Published: 1906-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

only brown trout or only white trout are in question, the quantity may be again reduced by a quarter,at least. They are all ' hackle flies '—i.e. dressed without wings.

SEA-TROUT FLIES.

i. ' Claret.'— Body, 'pinky' or ' reddy' claret seal's fur, ribbed with fine silver oval and two or three turns of same under tail; head hackle, black cock's; tail, fibres of golden pheasant topping and golden pheasant ' tippet' (neck feather) mixed. Seal's fur to be well ' picked out' between the ' ribbings.' ' This is very important in order to make the colour show up properly.

[This is the best tail fly for lake sea-trout fishing that I know of, and in Connemara and elsewhere I have had splendid sport with it in all weathers and waters in July and August. No. 7 (new scale) is a good medium size for Connemara and several other lakes ; whilst for Waterville, for instance, No. 6 will be found a more killing size on the whole. Indeed" at Waterville a No. 5 is not infrequently used in fine bright weather. On some lakes, per contra, such as Loch Maree, the fly, and especially the stretcher, may be even several sizes larger in very rough weather and full water. These observations as to size hold good with all sea-trout flies.

I have never found the Claret do much good as a dropper; its place undoubtedly is as the tail fly.]

The following is a good variation of the above :

Body, claret seal's fur ribbed with fine silver oval, two or three turns of same at tip ; head hackle, brown mallard feather, wound on as an ordinary hackle ; shoulder hackle magenta ; tail, very short golden pheasant topping.

2. ' Black and Silver.'— Body (slender rather than thick, vide cut), black silk, ribbed thickly with broadish silver oval, two or three turns of the same under tail: hackle, black cock's ; tail, mixed fibres of golden pheasant topping and ' tippet' (neck feathers of golden pheasant).

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