30 ANGLING FOR GAME FISH. 



The dressings of tliese flies I have taken from Mr. Halford's 

 book.* 



(1) Gold-ribhed Hare's Ear.f — This is one of the earliest flies, 

 and is good everywhere, and all through the season. It is akin 

 to the Blue Dun, Blue Bloa of the North, and Blue Upright of 

 Devonshire. 



(2) Dark Olive Dun-X — ^ "^^^T useful fly. 



(3) Iron Blue.^ — Comes on in April, May, and June, and when 

 on, the trout will usually take nothing else. 



(4) Medhim Olive Quill.\\ — Useful fly from June onwards. 



(5) Bed or Claret Quill. 5[ — A capital fly at all times, 

 and particularly during the 



evening rise in summer. When 



puzzled what fly to put up, 



try this. The illustration (Fig. 



21) is from a fly tied by 



"Warner & Sons, of Redditch. 



Nos. 1 to 10 (No. 7 excepted) 



are all similar to this fly in ^^^- 2}- Red or Claret 



•^ Quill Gnat. 



shape. 



(6) Blue Quill.** — This is also a Blue Dun, and is similar to 

 the Blue Upright of Devonshire. The illustration (Fig. 22) gives 



* Some of the leading London tackle-shops sell very good chalk-stream flies. 

 Among the best provincial makers are Holland, of Salisbury ; Ogden, of Chelten- 

 ham ; and Currell, of Winchester. 



+ Wings, medium or pale starling. Body and legs : The body is foi-med of dark 

 fur from a hare's face, ribbed -with fine, flat gold, and the hare's fur picked out at 

 shoulder to form legs. Hook, or 00. 



X Wings, dark or medium starling. Body, peacock quill, dyed an olive-green. 

 Hackle and whisk dyed a brown-olive (the exact colours are shown in " Floating 

 Flies, and How to Dress Them"). Hook, 0, 00, or 000. 



§ Wings, tomtit tail. Body, the strip of the quill from one of the outside small 

 feathers of a coot wing. Hackle and whisk, dark blue Andalusian. Hook, 00. 



N Wines, light starling. Body, peacock quill, dyed canary colour. Hackle 

 and whisk dyed a brownish olive-green. Hook, 0, 00, or 000. 



^ Wrings, pale or medium starling. Body, peacock-quill, dyed a warm reddish- 

 brown. Hackle and whisk, red game cock. Hook, 0. 00, or 000. Mr. H. S. Hall 

 gives me the following dressing of a Red or Claret Quill with which he has taken 

 many fish in the evening ; Holland, of Salisbury, has the pattern : Body, peacock 

 quill, bleached, and then dyed in Judson's light brown and a few drops of claret. 

 Wings, light starling. Legs and whisks, blood-red cock. 



** Wings, light starling. Body, peacock-quill, undyed. Hackle and whisk, pale 

 blue dun. Hook, 0, 00, or 000. 



