268 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. ' 



then, if they are to be used to any purpose, it is always 

 when the water is curled by a breeze ; and more fre- 

 quently when the sky is clouded ; in fly-fishing for Chub, 

 on the contrary, the calmest of days with the brightest 

 of suns, is the combination of weather most favourable 

 for sport. I have also invariably found a black fly the 

 most killing ; and this has been the result of my ex- 

 perience — a tolerably long one — not only on bright 

 days, but in dull gloomy weather, and sometimes late 

 into the dusk evening, when it was so dark that to my 

 eyes not only the colour of the fly, but the fly itself was 

 indistinguishable. Appended is the engraving of a 

 Chub fly which fulfils the two conditions explained, and 

 which I myself use — dressed, of course, of difl*erent sizes 

 from the beginning to the end of the season, in all 

 weathers, and at all times of the day. I advise my 



brother anglers to give it a 

 fair trial, and I think they 

 will not be disappointed. The 

 legs are made of black hackle, 

 which should be as long as 

 the body of the fly, and extra 

 thick and bushy ; the body of 



The Sweep. 



black ostrich herl, and the tail 



of the same, white or satin-coloured. As it is the fashion 



amongst anglers to christen their offspring, I have 



named my sooty-featured nondescript, "the sweep." 



The fly shown in the engraving is dressed on a No. lO 



