SIX BEST FLIES FOR EACH MONTH 



No. 12 is a little black gnat, useful for hot days 

 and evenings. 



No. 15 is a hairy caterpillar, very useful for deep 

 pools and swift runways, sunk anywhere in deep 

 water where trout hide from the sun. 



Fishing in August depends entirely on the 

 weather. If the water is extremely low, on hot 

 sultry days the chances are very slim that you will 

 get a rise to any fly whatever. At evening, condi- 

 tions are vastly improved. Big trout begin to 

 move to the shallows from deep water, after both 

 minnows and flies, and that is the only time you can 

 entice trout. After a good day's heavy rain — or, 

 better still, a rain that lasts all night — the following 

 morning, if cloudy, would be the most favorable 

 condition for August fishing. 



This chapter may possibly be considered some- 

 what of a repetition of the monthly list of flies, but 

 the value of this selection is that it makes the list 

 far more simplified and easier to follow. 



I can well conceive that no angler will bother to 

 carry along a book to consult while fishing, or even 

 take it along on a trip, to find out the proper use of 

 the various flies. But he can devise a plan, as I 

 shall do: that is, to keep flies separate in different 

 little boxes, marked warm day flies, cold day flies, 

 evening flies, etc., etc. By dividing them up in 

 this manner, we soon get familiar with the right 

 time to use them; and of course the natural fly on 



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