page_title: Blacker's Art of Fly Making
section_title: Contents
hierarchical_section_title: Blacker's Art of Fly Making / Contents
caption_attribution_description: English: Plate 19 - Plate of 7 Flies and Salmon from William Blacker's Art of Fly Making, 1855
context_page_description: Blacker's Art of Fly Making - comprising angling and dyeing of colours with engravings of Salmon and 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 is a work of fly tying literature with significant fly fishing content written by William Blacker, a London tackle dealer and first published in London in 1842 by George Nichols. The 1842 and 1843 editions were only 48 pages while, the 1855 edition was considerably expanded by Blacker with hand-painted, colored illustrations and 252 pages.
context_section_description: From the 1855 Edition
  Contents
  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 Coin - 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 - 246
  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
  List of Plates
  1. Blacker Fly-fishing - Frontispiece,
  2. Titlepage
  3. An easy method to make the Trout-fly - opposite 3
  4. An easy method of making a Salmon-fly - 8
  5. The best method of making a Trout-fly - 13
  6. To make the Palmer's - to face 20
  7. How to make the Salmon-fly - 23
  8. Process of making the Gaudy Salmon-fly - opposite 30
  9. The plate of Feathers - to face 34
  10. To make the Winged Larva - 42
  11. Plate of Six Flies Catechism - 46
  12. Plate of 16 Trout-flies, opposite flies for March - 57
  13. Plate of 16 Flies - opposite 65
  14. Plate of Larvas and Green Drakes - opposite 78
  15. Plate of Gaudy Flies, Nos, 1, 2, 3, - opposite 105
  16. Plate of three Salmon-flies, Nos. 4, 5, 6, - opposite 108
  17. Plate of four Flies, Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10 - 110
  18. Large Spring Salmon-fly - 116
  19. Plate of 7 Flies and Salmon - to face 145
  20. Plate of Minnow tackle, &c. - to face 216
  21. Plate of Pike tackle, &c - 221
  22. Paternoster and Barbel tackle - 230
caption: Plate 19 - Plate of 7 Flies and Salmon (1855)
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