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partridge ' under a cloudy sky. A ' partridge ' 

 and green body we have never done much 

 with, but we can believe it would kill at 

 certain times where water was much over- 

 hung by vivid green foliage, or when that 

 peculiar green reflection is observed usually 

 towards evening of a summer day. ' Alders ' 

 and ' sedges ' are useful, especially towards 

 evening indeed, the ' alder ' is a general 

 favourite at the right time, and will often 

 kill well into the summer. 



At one time, not so very long ago, the 

 popular belief was in a dark fly for a bright 

 day or clear water, and a light fly for dark 

 water or dark sky. Now, we believe, anglers 

 of experience and with sufficient scientific 

 interest in their practice, believe in the con- 

 verse states of combinations, viz. a dark fly 

 in a dark water and sky, and a light fly in 

 a bright water and sky. 



In the Table we make an attempt to 

 relegate certain flies salmon and trout 

 for general selection in differently coloured 

 waters and under differently coloured skies 

 and clouds and weathers. There may prove 

 to be enough suggestion in it to induce 



