salmon-fly

But inasmuch as he brought back fish whenever he went out fishing, and looked as brilliant and picturesque as a salmon-fly, in his new costume, his mother was delighted, and his aunt, being full of fresh troubles, paid small heed to him.

Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

It rather represents, if anything, some small fish or subaqueous creature on which the big fish is accustomed to feed and it may conveniently receive the generic name of salmon-fly.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

My small experience seems to show me that in a salmon-fly color is the main thing to be studied.

Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 Various

"Toussahissa," as I have rendered it, is not exact, but only as near as I can make it out from my pencil-memoranda, which, written in a note-book that did occasional duty as a fly-book, have been partially obliterated in that spot by the contact of a large and remarkably gaudy salmon-fly, whose repose between the leaves is disturbed, perhaps, by aquatic nightmares of salmon gaping at him from whirling eddies.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Various

Among the marvels of art and nature I know nothing equal to a salmon-fly.

Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker

Both of these fish are caught principally with spinning-baits, but both will on occasion take a salmon-fly, though not with any freedom after they have reached a certain size.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

I wanted no more two - or three-pounders, and, in a sort of care-nothing spirit, decided upon a Butcher, of small salmon-fly size, this being perhaps one of the very best all-round patterns for Norwegian waters.

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

A three-pounder that will impale itself on a big salmon-fly, might equally well have taken a tiny trout-fly.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

Very occasionally, and principally in shallow pools, the fish will take an artificial fly greedily, a small salmon-fly being the best thing to use in such a case.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

One of the perennially fruitful topics of inquiry is what the fish takes a salmon-fly to be.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various