PART II. — FLY-FISHING. 



CHAPTER VI. 



General Observations, 

 the system of artificial flies. 



Present systems of artificial flies — ' Colourists' and * formalists' ; both 

 theories unsound in part. Fishing up-stream, &c., en'oneous. 

 True theory of artificial flies — Application of to practice ; form ; 

 colour ; size. Three typical Trout flies described and recommended to be 

 substituted for all others for Trout, Whitetrout, and Grayling fishing, 



Salmon flies — The same arguments applied ; theory of Salmon flues \ three 

 patterns of flies for Salmon and Grilse recommended to be substi- 

 tuted for all others. Theory of Whitetrout flies. 



Summary — Six flies only necessary for en^ery description of flyfishing. 



Englishmen are as a race decidedly conservative in 

 their habits, and very slow to move out of the beaten 

 track — phlegmatic is the term used by their continental 

 critics, — and I shall be sorry if anything I am about 

 to write should give offence to this in many respects 

 excellent instinct. Conservatism, however, in the largest 



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