FLT FISHING 



without success, and then determined to make a 

 test, paddled to camp, got more hackles, and re- 

 turned to the fishing grounds. Immediately the 

 trout began rising as they had done previously. 



This and other similar experiences have con- 

 vinced me that there is a vast difference in fiies, 

 and that one cannot be too particular in their se- 

 lection. Taken the year round, the Parmachenee 

 belle is a great killer, but there are times when it is 

 useless. The Montreal is a great summer fly, and 

 early in the spring the silver doctor has often stood 

 by me well. The gray-winged flies I like to have 

 handy, and the Parmachenee beau will work often 

 when others fail. During the period of what is 

 known as the trout fly, a large green-winged fly 

 with brown hackle and a yellow body will kill ; 

 but at other times in the season it fails to provoke 

 a rise. A white miller, yellow May, and red ibis 

 are flies which I have found would call forth big 

 ones when every other fly in the book failed, and I 

 should not think of going into the woods without 

 them, although, perhaps, I might not use them 

 but once or twice in a season. There are other 

 good flies which sportsmen, from experience, have 

 learned to value, or which they will gradually fall 

 in love with. 



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