SIX BEST FLIES FOR EACH MONTH 



high and the weather warm, it would prove effective 

 as second fly to the brown drake, No. 4. 



This No. 4 appears late in April, but can be used 

 early if the days are warm and sunny. You can 

 always rely on the brown drake, whatever the con- 

 ditions are in this month, as trout will not refuse it 

 if you place it anywhere within their vision. 



No. 8 has been tested and found excellent on 

 bright days. 



No. 9 is very good on dull, wet days, any time in 

 April or May. It should be fished at the surface; 

 though I have succeeded in getting fish to rise in 

 almost every condition. 



No. 10 is best on warm, windy days, on rough 

 water; also at the foot of pools, either floated or 

 sunk. This fly is good as an end fly, with No. 1 as 

 upper fly, both sunk in the deeper parts of the 

 stream. I invariably make a practice of keeping 

 sunk flies on the jump — never still or in one place 

 — with frequent casts all over the water. 



No. 17 is the female shad-fly without eggs, and it 

 can be used any time under any condition — wet or 

 dry, warm or cold; but it must be used always at 

 the surface. 



The angler should provide himself with at least 

 three of each of these six flies. Even an expert is 

 liable to lose or destroy his flies; therefore dupli- 

 cates in reserve come in handy. 



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