132 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
used for their capture; in size and shape they more 
commonly bear a resemblance to natural insects, a 
resemblance which cannot be sacrificed without loss of 
efficiency ; in colours, on the other hand, for some of 
the most killing artificial White Trout flies no natural 
prototype could be found. Under these circumstances 
the arguments in the preliminary Chapter on fly-fishing 
apply with full force to White or Sea Trout, and the 
three typical fltes already recommended for brown Trout 
(tncluding the plain hackle-wing) dressed with a very 
slight variation, will be found at least as killing on lakes 
and rivers as any of the numerous local or general flies. 
From what has been said, it would naturally be inferred 
that colour bears a more important part in White 
than in Brown Trout fishing. In fact, as “natural 
imitation” recedes in importance, colour advances, and 
the “salmon sympathies,” if I may so express it, of Sea 
Trout are principally shown, so far as fly-fishing is con- 
cerned, by the fact, everywhere recognised in practice, that 
they usually prefer in flies a certain amount of actual 
litter as well as strength of colour. Therefore, in 
dressing the three flies for White Trout the addition of 
a little tinsel is desirable—to the Yellow, gold tinsel, and 
to the Brown and Green, gold or silver according to 
fancy. The tinsel should be applied sparingly, as its 
effect is weakened by excess. Three complete turns 
round the body are ample; the tinsel being of course 
broad or narrow as the fly is large or small. Oc- 
