Fly Tying
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Are you thinking of planning a fishing vacation? For the uninitiated, fly fishing is an 'old as the hills' fishing method traditionally used to catch trout and salmon. Although nowadays folks plan a fly fishing vacation to catch several other species, including bass and span fish as well as the big salt water game, such as marlin. Even sharks have been known to get hooked using the traditional fly fishing method. So, when planning for an enjoyable fishing vacation it is important to consider your options thoroughly, first and foremost!

Destination

This is an important part of the decision because it dictates technique as well as the equipment you will need to take along on your vacation. Do some homework on the destination. Find out if the water is fresh or salty - open ocean or river or lake. Before you hand over your money, make sure it has been clarified exactly what you are getting for it. There are plenty of great lodges and resorts available. It is even possible to charter a boat to dramatically boost your odds of success.

Equipment

There is quite a bit of specialized equipment needed. Of course, as you would expect, there's the fly fishing rod! Do not just consider the price of the rod. When buying a rod, the length and the weight differs depending on the territory. When fishing in deeper waters, such as the lakes and oceans, a longer and heavier rod is recommended.

The second item you 'must have' is a sturdy reel, which is used to hold the fly line. Like the rods, prices and uses will vary.

Finally, do not forget waders or wading boots because the world will be a much colder place without them, that's for sure! Waders also provide protection from slipping.

Techniques

The techniques for fly fishing will differ depending on whether the sport is being conducted in a lake, stream or a river. In general, however, fish will be found in areas where there is protection from predators, a good source of food and a slow moving current.

Many of the vendors for the various types of fishing destination spots also provide guides to augment your experience with theirs. Guided tours are frequently offered, although expect them be a little more expensive. Even so, especially for beginners, it is advisable to at least consider the option. Along with some good planning, it invariably will ensure full enjoyment of your fly fishing vacation.

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Copyright 2009 Ron X King.

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Zebra Midge

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I'm unclear about where/when your thread is coming undone. Do you mean it's coming undone when you first start out? Or sometime during the tying process? Or after it's all done?

First thing, you've got to learn the art of "starting" your thread. This takes some getting used to, but once you get it, you'll never have another problem with it. Basically, you wind some thread around the hook, then wind the thread over the start point. Have you considered watching videos to learn this stuff? Here's a YouTube video that shows the basics of starting thread. It's not a great video, but watch the thread and you'll hopefully understand.

If your thread is unwinding while you're tying the fly, it's probably a matter of tension. In fly fishing and fly tying, tension is everything. If you release tension while you've got a fish on, the fish gets away. If you release tension while your tying a fly, the thread will come undone and materials will drop off. You've got to keep tension on that thread, either with your hand (by keeping it taut) or with the weight of the bobbin hanging off the hook. It's sometimes helpful to throw a half-hitch knot into your thread while you're working. This will make it so that if you do accidentally release tension on your thread, things will only unwind to that knot. You can tie a half hitch anywhere along the way, and you can use it to finish a fly. Here's another YouTube video that shows how to do it:

If your fly is coming apart after you're done with it, that means you're not finishing it properly. You have to finish every fly with some form of lashing as the final step. Most people use a whip finish tool for this. The whip finish lashes the loose end of the thread under several (sometimes 10 or more) windings of thread at or near the hook eye. This secures the thread to itself and it will seldom if ever come apart if you do it right. You can also tie whip finishes with your fingers. Again, to YouTube for the visual:

Note -- most people use head cement at the end of the fly. This further locks down the material and keeps it from unwinding.

The Zebra Midge is one of the best winter nymphs that I know of. It's super simple to tie, can be tied in a wide variety of colors, styles, and sizes, and it's effective. I also happen to think they're cool-looking. It's basically just a bead head, an "ice cream cone" of thread, and a wire body. You can add an optional thorax with dubbing or peacock herl. YouTube:

And by the way -- THANKS for asking a couple questions about fly fishing. The only thing slower than the fishing right now is the Fishing section here in Y!A...

If you decide to take a fly fishing trip, you may get astonished how readily the trout will peck, having in mind a few tips. Many enthusiastic anglers, no matter how inexperienced they are, soon come to realise that fly fishing can be extremely easy. You just need to learn a few things about casting, presentation, retrieving and fighting the fish. But these can be easily picked up, if you have good instructor. Going on a fly fishing trip is great on Lake Taneycomo, and many novices have learnt their first fly fishing lessons there.

Lake Taneycomo is famous for the midge hatch. That is why many anglers take a fly fishing trip to its coasts. Midge hatch is the only hatch that occurs there every day of the year. What are midges? They are small bugs, their colors differ from brown and cream to olive or black. Midges are just like most bugs, and they begin their existence on the bottom of the lake. The warm mud helps the eggs grow and get prepared to hatch. They hatch as larvae and start feeding mainly with rotten plants until they are strong enough to leave the muddy bed and swim up looking for better water conditions. Trout feast on their migration, making the best of it. The larvae which survive soon begin the process of pupation. Pupas are mutating fast , and soon their wings are well-shaped. The legs and abdomens are also changed. The pupation process takes place near the surface of the water, which is called “film”. Pupas swim to the surface, where they start crawling out of their skin, finally emerging out of the water as full- grown adult midges, with heads and wings. You need to know these details about midges before starting your fly fishing trip, as the success depends mainly on them, because they are trout’s basic food.

Trout use the pupation for gorging up with young midges. They catch the moment when the pupas are swimming up their way to the surface, as they are too slow to escape from the fast swimming fish. Trout are easy to be seen on the surface or near the film, where they are having their meal. They even spring out of the water to swallow the new born midge. When feeding, trout are the easiest catch. So, if you plan to take a fly fishing trip, you had better put a dozen of targeting flies that imitate midges. There are several types of different flies, such as Zebra, Brassie, Midge Pupa, Miracle, Thread Midge, Loop Wing, Crackleback, Renegade, GriffinÂ’s Gnat, Emerger, Krystal Pupa, RS2 and WD40. They can be used as soft hackle, either on the surface or the film.

As you have understood, fly fishing is easier than it may seem. Going on a fly fishing trip is really a nice way to spend your holiday. Even the most inexperienced novice can learn to catch a trout if he or she comply with the troutÂ’s meal hours. Another advantage of going on a fly fishing trip to Lake Taneycomo is that hatching and pupation are in progress all the year round. Every day there are hungry trout to be caught by a cunning angler. So, youÂ’d better try it. Get you bags packed and start on an adventurous fly fishing trip!

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Bamboo Fly Rod
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CAÑON CITY • Sure, they’d rather be fishing. That’s not an option when you’re locked up 24/7. Instead, inmates serving time for sexual assault have to be content making fishing rods. There aren’t many trout streams in prison. Rods start...
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Gather up any group of fly fishermen (and women) and you'll soon hear them talk about their memories of fishing with their father and grandfather. I've heard more than one story of going through granddad's fishing gear after he died and finding his beloved bamboo fly rod. These heirloom fly rods are most likely still functional, but are probably best restored or kept as is and displayed above your mantle as a reminder of fly fishing's earlier days.

Are bamboo fly rods a thing of the past?

But are are bamboo fly rods a thing of the past? On the contrary, these rods are still being made today. You can buy one brand new from either the 'big name' rod makers like Orvis, Hardy or Leonard. You can also buy one that is hand-crafted over many hours by individual craftsman. Making a bamboo fly rod from scratch takes anywhere from 40-60 hours of attentive detail work. You can imagine that every hand-crafted bamboo fly rod is an individual masterpiece. Selling one must be like selling a piece of the makers soul! But knowing that his hand-crafted fly rod will become not only a functional fishing piece, but also a new family heirloom makes the process of parting with one just a bit easier.

I can hear some objections now...

"My carbon fiber rod is made of the latest in technology. Why would I want a bamboo fly rod?"

Bamboo fly rods aren't for everyone. If all you want is the latest CAD designed space-aged material technology to fish with, then there are plenty of models produced each year to choose from. However if you want a material that is warm to the touch, glows golden in the sunlight, and brings you closer to your natural surroundings, then a bamboo fly rod is for you.

Where can you find bamboo fly rods?

Even today, bamboo fly rods are being crafted by individuals in their own homes and workshops. These handcrafted rods can sell for upwards of $1000-$2000 dollars, and frequently come with a lifetime repair guarantee by the maker. Most of the major rod manufacturers also make bamboo fly rods. But you can also find used, antique and vintage bamboo rods for sale online. The condition of these older rods varies from those that are coming unwound and unglued to rods that have been refurbished and are in excellent condition. Whether you choose to hang the rod on the wall for display or take it to your favorite stream for fishing is up to you.

Suzanne Marie learned to fly fish at the age of 7 or 8, but only rediscovered it in the past few years. She spends her summers fishing in Colorado, and blogs about it at http://www.angledreviews.com

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Weight Fly Rod
Fly Line AFTM Question: Would it be okay to use a 3# weight fly line on a 4/5# weight fly rod and reel?

Chadd: I've just bought a nice 4/5# weight fly rod and reel combo, but fly line wasn't included in the deal. My old rod is a 3# weight and I have several lines at that particular weight which were pretty pricey, so I don't want to waste money buying 4/5# line if I can use my 3# weight line, and from what you say I should be okay, thanks!

I'm by no means an expert on fly rod and line weights, but while outfitting for various outings, I've asked about this, too. My impression is that the fly fishing weight system is forgiving enough to easily allow one weight in either direction without significant detrimental effects to performance. In other words, if you have a 4 weight rod, you could go down to 3 weight line or up to 5.

I have a 4 weight rod that I "up line" with 5 weight line because it gives me more distance. I have also fished with mismatched rods and lines because of expedience and sometimes the mismatch is noticeable and sometimes it's not noticeable at all. Why are you doing this? Is it an experiment of some sort or do you just have mismatched gear?

In any case, I'm fairly confident that you can fish with this combination of gear. Unless you're some kind of supercaster with tiny performance tolerances (and if that was the case you wouldn't be asking this question), you will be able to get a fly out there and catch fish. I think your reach will be fairly limited because the 3 weight line is so much lighter than the rod, but you can make do. Having said that, considering that this is a 4/5 weight rod, the difference between the upper recommended weight and the fly line is 2, not just 1. Kinda hard to say what will happen. Would I want to fish with this setup all the time? No.

Obviously, the best thing to do is string it up and go out on the lawn and find out.

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Whenever I mention that I fly fish from a fisherman friend, he (or she) will inevitably be asking whether you prefer fishing for trout and smallmouth bass. When I say that trout and small mouth are fairly low, but who also enjoy catching walleye, look at me as if I had just got off the plane of a spacecraft. It is true that the fly fishing and walleye are not used often in the same sentence, but times change. Fly fishermen to think outside the box to capture all varieties of freshwater fish flies. I live in River fish and Kankakee, Illinois, and personally I caught the sunfish, catfish, carp, smallmouth bass, suckers, pike, and pike.

Even if a single fly can catch all the species mentioned above, some models are preferable when specific orientation of fish. You can buy many behaviors necessary for fly shops, or you may decide to link their own versions. I am surprised by the Web sites that offer many instructions related flies - videos, even free - for many popular models.

Fishing Fly to the gold, or any other case, requests that the 3 Fish Specific - the flight models of aircraft and technology.

I recommend a weight of 5 or 6, 9-foot Fly Rod good. You do not have to spend a fortune at the bar, but the better its quality, expressed most benefit. The coil must be configured from 150 to 200 meters from weight related support beam of the line. Depending on the depth and current velocity in the river, a line with a sinking tip section is a good starting point. I use a 3-foot, 12-lead free testing linked a 3-foot, 6-pound test Tippet.

There are 2 models that work best for me when I fly fishing walleye. One is a Clouser Deep Minnow. Ato this model to a plain hook stem Matzuo No.2 offset to resemble a tiger perch fire. The other model is my own creation, which I call K3 RiverBug. The K3 was born when I started to link the "perfect crab" is irresistible fly smallmouth legendary Kankakee River, I was overwhelmed by variations in the number of crabs that are out there in Google-Land. Internet. In all cases, the creators of these changes stated that theirs was the best model crayfish never used. I chose the best elements of different styles and attached a hook Mustad No. K3 streamer fly 4-79580. Golden love this fly.

Whoever has acquired the proper equipment and choose your model, the key success lies in its latest technology. Of course, I am assuming you will fish in an environment rich in pike, which in most cases would be 4 to 10, a gap between meters of gravel bars, or a management position with a fundamental overhaul 3 to 5 feet. The main variable in both cases, the weight model. Pesco Clouser with the technique of Cross River Swing, using a variety of retrieves. I began to use half-band high speed. If that fails, I slow things down and let the Clouser meander through the swing, which gives a band of some attractive and stops en route. Keep bar near the edge of water, pointing to the fly. Watch your line and make it hard when it is usually hit in the fall after twitch.Walleyes a band, and at the end of the swing.

Although I use a similar retrieve the K3 bugs, I have had excellent results using a river drift technique deaths per nymph for trout fishermen. Long casts are not needed here. Indeed, too out of line can reduce Detection of the strike and you may be losing hook sets. Float sensors are optional, but free nymphing with K3, you can feel the bump on the bottom, then click on the rocks and attracting the attention of Mr. Bug eyes. Keep the tip rod 2 to 3 feet above the water and continue configuration by river. Watch your line and make it hard when you see the unusual movement.

Rick Buchaniec is a real estate appraiser who lives on and fishes in the Kankakee River in Illinois. He ties his own flies and displays them in the Aroma Park, Illinois bait shop.

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We will address a wide range of fishing gear from reels, rods, lures, baits, jigs, lines, and hooks. It is hoped by the finish of the series your can go online and purchase the right gear and within budget.

We started our discussion on freshwater fishing reels with the spincast reel, the easiest reel for novices and the casual fisherman. This article will cover the spinner reel, and will continue with the baitcast reel and lastly an article on the fly fishing reel.

Spinning reels come in numerous varieties and are utilized by children, occasional hobbyist and enthusiastic fisherman alike. When it comes to fishing reels, the spinning reel is the most well-known and best-selling. It is principally used for light-line applications and rules in terms of performance and simplicity of use.

The spinner reel is ideal for catching just about any fish out there; whether it is ponds, creeks, lakes, or rivers. You can catch big mouth bass, channel catfish, rainbow trout or small bluegills or sun fish it doesn't matter, if you have strong enough line your spinning reel will land the fish.

The spinning reel has a very distinctive look with the large wire bale around the open-faced line spool and a line roller to help hold the line as you retrieve it. The reel handle or "crank" can have either one or two knobs, both work equally well at reducing line friction as you retrieve it, with little or no snarling. This type of reel is mounted on the underside of the rod.

There are few drawbacks to the spinning reel. It is only limited by the size of your fishing line, when compared to the baitcast reel it holds less line. This means you will need to use a thinner, lighter line to guarantee you have enough line to get to the position you want. The lighter the line the smaller fish you can catch. The spinning reel is also not as accurate at casting as the baitcast reel

A good example of spinner reel is the "Pflueger Trion GX-7 Spinning Reel," priced at under $40 it is an affordable choice for general-duty fishing, featuring lightweight graphite body and rotor; anodized aluminum spool with titanium spool lip.

The next review in our series will feature the baitcast reel, a serious reel for master anglers.

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Flies Flys
Why are there so many flies on my dogs ears during the summer?

Every summer like now flies would come to my backyard and go on my dog's ears at the top.their ears stand up. The flies would bite their ears. I bought a cream called "Flys Off" It works but my female dog kira goes to the dirt and wipes it off, I guess it hurts her. Is there any way I can get rid off the flies?

Hi, I agree bring dogs inside!! If you need to have them outside try this vaseline trick it works for ants, maybe it will work for flies too? I use little vaseline on my cats ears daily when I take her blood sugar levels to keep the blood drop from getting caught in the ear fur. Check with the VET but I bet it wont hurt he ears..Try it on the female. GOOD LUCK!!!

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The time I go fly fishing for trout or the mountains of the coast for fishing in salt water or a few hours on a farm pond or lake, there is a fly I never sin. Because all fish at some point in their lives feeding on small fish, why not follow the replication of best Fathead fly with you wherever you go fishing.
Fathead The Clouser is probably the most productive has been linked. Because The Clouser Minnow is tied upside down, eyes Weighted cause the fly to work with the connection, making them almost weed less. This fly may be faster stripes giving the impression of a small fish healthy, or you can work slowly working through the underwater rocks and trees and shrubs.

I caught trout freshwater gobies of Maine Appalachian Clouser to the south and northern Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Washington and Alaska. Big Trout at some point in their development must accommodate the capture and consumption of food larger than the small fly. Begin feeding on crayfish, small fish and mice. These food sources larger trout offer great lunch with a minimum expenditure energy. The most productive colors for catching big trout are silver or light green Clouser.

I also caught bass large mouth, smallmouth bass and crappie under the governments of Clouser's. If you've already seen on television Bass Master, Have you noticed that most of the lures that imitate minnows used. For the large mouth and small mouth fishing in the best colors are pale green, silver and black. For the low rate of Colors of the best fish are pale green or yellow, in sizes smaller. You can even catch Pan Fish border sunfish and blue with Gill sizes small.

For saltwater fishing, there is no better fly to take with you that the Clouser's Minnow. I remember the first time I was preparing to go to fly fishing in salt water the first time I went to my local fly shop and asked what is the best fly shop. These two people have told me that if they were to the side, otherwise he would not go with an assortment of nails with them. The Clouser Minnow Clouser begin as soon as I caught Bluefish, False Albacore, Shad and bass, drum, sea trout, redfish, permit Bonefish can never remember. The slowing stripping were suffering from flounder with Clouser's Minnow.

The Clouser Minnow, in different colors, is the only flight that I have time I go trout fishing freshwater bass fishing smallmouth large, low crappie, pan fish or saltwater. If you use the right colors in the right size and learn to make correct these flies, where you can fish Fish.

Tight lines and clear water

Brian

Brian was first taught to fly fish when he was eight years old. He has been fly fishing for for over fifty years, He also owns a website for fly fisherman, fly fishing, redfish, largemouth bass.
Catch and release.

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What are terrestrials?

Strictly speaking, terrestrials are all creatures that live on land. This would, of course, include humans. However, when fly fishing for trout we are generally referring to insects and sometimes even small rodents. There are fly patterns that imitate mice that can be used to lure big trout, but they are most often used in bass fishing. The most common terrestrial flies are ants and grasshoppers (usually referred to as "hoppers" by fly anglers.) There are also patterns that imitate beetles, crickets, cicadas and worms (the green inchworm is a very effective pattern in the spring when these larvae are abundant.) There are also patterns like the Fat Albert and the Chernobyl ant which don't really imitate any specific insect but somehow work their magic in enticing trout to rise to them.

When is the best time to fish a terrestrial pattern?

Terrestrial insects don't become active until the spring. Many, like the grasshopper, don't really hit their stride until late summer. So, the best time to fish these patterns is from early spring all the way through the fall. Like most things in life, there are no absolutes. Sometimes a hopper will work in the spring. I have also caught trout with an ant pattern on winter days when there were no real ants to be found. Often times I choose to fish a terrestrial when nothing else seems to work. You may be familiar with the phrase "match the hatch." This refers to when anglers attempt to match their flies to what the trout are feeding on. Often, if your fly is the correct pattern but is too big or small it will get some looks but no strikes. This is much less of a problem with terrestrial fly fishing because the terrestrial is not usually the primary food source and any size presents a tasty morsel to hungry trout.

How should I fish Terrestrial flies?

The best place to fish terrestrials and certainly the place to start your casts is where the real bugs enter the water. Most terrestrials can't fly, and if they can it is for very short distances. So, it makes sense that most ants, inchworms, beetles and grasshoppers enter the water by falling from overhanging brush or from the side of the bank. Start casting to the opposite bank and let the fly travel with the current making sure to keep enough slack line on the water to prevent the line from pulling the fly causing it to drag against the current. This presentation of the fly is called a dead drift. If there is drag, the fly will not drift naturally and the trout will not strike your fly... usually. With Grasshoppers, often the technique used is to actually overshoot the far end of the bank and pull the fly back to the waters edge. If there is no immediate strike, often a couple of twitches on your fly line will generate some action. With the smaller flies, it is best to stick with the dead drift. Without question the water near the banks will be the most productive terrestrial fishing.

Another option is to use a larger fly as an indicator. My personal favorite is the hopper because of their abundance around the waters I fish. This fly setup is referred to as a "hopper and dropper" rig. The hopper acts not only as a standard fly, but it is also connected to the smaller "dropper" fly and is used to signify any strikes on the trailing fly. The dropper can be any nymph, wet fly, or small dry fly and is connected to the hook of the hopper by a length of tippet anywhere from 9 inches to 2 feet long. My dropper flies are usually tied on with 18 inches of tippet. If the hopper moves or stops in a sudden manner or has any unusual movement set the hook!

If you don't keep a few terrestrial flies in your fly box, you are really limiting yourself. In the very least, a few ants and grasshoppers should always find their way into your fly box. You will appreciate them on those days when you fish with nothing else because of how effective they are as well as that rare day when nothing else worked and your terrestrial saved you from a day without a catch.

Paul Schackman is the Senior Editor for DS Fly Fishing http://www.dsflyfishing.com

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Inspiration comes from the outdoors. For Arlin Blum of Novi, his revelation came when he drove by a local inland lake six years ago and envisioned himself going fishing with the aid of a remote control boat.
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This is one of the most fool Prof ways of making money in runescape! its a little skill i like to call fishing, it may be boring but its really easy to level and its not hard at all. all you have to do is get to level 40 and fish lobsters. i know what your thinking level 40?!?!?!?! but if i can do it in one day you can do it too. Its a good idea to level your cooking along side it so you can fish lobster sell them or keep them and cook them for food for leveling or quest or what ever you like. like i said before its fool Prof and one of the easiest ways to make money and food. now i will explain how to go about doing this, first go to the fishing store in lumbridge and take the free sample of the crayfish cage and go to the pond just out side and start fishing for crayfish and once you get a full pack you have 2 options 1- sell them to the fishing store or 2-cook them for the experience if you want to level your cooking along side your fishing (this is if you are level 1 with fishing) once you have level 15 fishing go back to that same fishing store and take the shrimp net for free and return the cage, if you don't plan on keeping it, then head over to the fishing spot near the grave yard, just follow the path that gos through the grave yard and you will end up at the fishing spot where you can fish anchovies/shrimp.

you once again have the same 2 options you had before you can cook them or sell them i suggest selling them, once you get to level 25 fishing go back once again to the same fishing store and buy a fly fishing rod and feathers or you can go get your own by going to one of 2 places Freddy's farm, the better choice because no one goes there but there are only 2 or 3 chickens, or to the chicken farm near the cow pen. once you get about 1k feather, shouldn't take that long you get them in bunches of 5,15,20 and some times 25 if your lucky, head over to the fishing spot near the canoe station and start lure fishing. for every fish you catch you will lose a feather but it wont take long to get to level 35 fishing then you can go to port sariam and take a ship to the fishing island and fish tuna with a harpoon that you can buy form the g/e or the fishing store in port saraim and the once you get to level 40 fishing from tuna then you can start fishing lobster and selling them or cooking them what ever you want

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Don't let knowledge tie you down over fly fishing
Mid-Hudson Chapter of Trout Unlimited will soon be holding its 2010 fly fishing and fly tying classes. As in past years, they will be held at Arlington High School as part of the Continuing Education Program. I'll provide some details about the classes and registration further on.
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Under this title, we propose to treat of the plants usually known, in common parlance, as Geraniums, including both those horticulturally and botanically known as such, and Pelargoniums. Between these there are many minute and fanciful distinctions, which are only interesting to botanists, and need not concern the amateur. The true geraniums are herbaceous. For window gardening, their treatment must

be the same.

For the pelargoniums, we are chiefly indebted to the Cape of Good Hope; the geranium is found, in some of its varieties, in Asia, Europe, and America; two of the family, our "wild geraniums," being familiar to us all as among the wild flowers of spring.

The scarlet, or horseshoe geranium, so called from the color of its flowers, and the dark marking of its leaves, is a very common and popular window plant. The rose, oak, and nutmeg geraniums are commonly grown for their fragrant leaves, and for their hardiness, as they can endure more hard usage than most plants.

The general fault in geranium culture is, crowding. The plants need light and air on all sides, withough the presence of large water features. Unless this is afforded they soon become one-sided, long-drawn, and straggling, with but few leaves, and these in a tuft at the end. The blossoms are small and few, and the whole plant presents a picture of vegetation under difficulties.

The fine varieties of pelargonium, called "Fancies" by florists, it is useless to attempt to grow to any perfection in the house. They need constant care; and the rules for growing them as specimens, laid down by English florists, are sufficiently confusing and contradictory to involve the amateur in a maze of difficulty.

Light, air, and cleanliness are the three primary rules for growing geraniums. Be careful of including garden fountains among geraniums or they may not get enough light or become too wet. The horseshoe and high-scented varieties are not troubled by insects. The pelargoniums (large-flowered geraniums), require constant attention to keep them free from the green fly, which increases upon them with wonderful rapidity.

If the weather is warm, and the plants at all affected by the fly, they should be smoked once in ten days, and frequently syringed. Surely the beauty of the flowers will compensate for any trouble. To prevent "drawing," that is, the growing of the plants towards the light, all geraniums should be frequently turned, which will give a well-proportioned plant.

If the plants grow too tall, pinch out the top; all the axillary buds will then break into lateral branches. Again, if the side branches become too close, prune them out fearlessly. The geranium breaks easily, and you need never be afraid of killing the plant, even if you prune it down to a bare stump.

Pelargoniums and geraniums require a strong soil; that is, good sound loam, such as will grow melons. The top of a pasture will answer well. Let it be carted home and laid up in a long ridge, so as to expose as large a surface to the air as possible. Keep it clear of weeds, and let it be turned over every little while. To two parts of this loam, add one part of two-year-old cow dung, well turned over.

Old hot-bed dung will do nearly, but not quite as well. Then add about one part of river sand and bits of charcoal, mixed. Let all these ingredients be kept in separate heaps until wanted for potting, then mix them in the above proportions, and use them moderately dry. This compost shouldbe used to bloom and grow the plants in. For the winter season, use a small quantity of leaf mould instead of dung. Fresh soil is always to be preferred, for old soil is apt to become cloddy and sour.

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