152 Trout Flies, 



fancy that when it is drowned the fish are easier 

 deceived. 



Next the May fly I place the Alder, or Orl 

 fly, and the variety of this fly known in Hampshire 

 as the Chantry. During the months of May, June 

 and July it is most killing ; but you must be par- 

 ticular to have them dressed on two or three sized 

 hooks, Nos. 14, 15, and No. 8 or 10 for evening. As 

 a rule, I think, all flies are dressed too large ; they 

 should all be somewhat smaller than the natural 

 fly, keeping as near the natural colour as possible. 

 My notes give capital days with this fly, dressed 

 also buzz, it is then called the Orl. On the Itchin, 

 the Test, the Kennet, the Colne, the Cray, the 

 Chess, the Lea, the Frome, the Piddle, and many 

 others, it will take when fish are rising at the 

 Duns, and when they are thick upon the water, 

 provided it is dressed small enough. One 

 example I will give when, contrary to all expecta- 

 tion, I had a first-rate day's sport. This was at 

 Wotton. The river there is a succession of pools, 

 artificially made, with deep runs between, com- 

 mencing in a large pond close to Abinger Common. 

 I do not know the name of the river or stream, but 

 it forms a large pond or millhead at Gomshall, and 

 forms the Wey, I believe, at Guildford. It was a 

 very hot day, and on first arriving the river appeared 

 perfectly covered with a Yellow Dun fly, which I 



