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ANGLING FOR GAME PISH. 



Fig. 29. The Author's (Wet) 

 May-fly. 



tlie dressing ou the Francis pattern. This fly kills while the 

 Green Drake — as the May-fly in its first stage is called — is up. 

 The Green Drake sheds its skin, and 

 turns into what is known as the 

 Grey Drake, the males being smaller 

 and darker than the females. When 

 the Grey Drake is on, my fly is not 

 of much use. Another most excel- 

 lent wet fly is sold by Ogden, of 

 Cheltenham, which, though unlike 

 the natural fly, is very deadly 

 whenever the trout will take the 

 wet fly. 



For dry-fly fishing the fly must 

 have wings of quite another shape, 

 as will be seen by the engraving 

 (Fig. 30) of a fly designed by Colonel 

 Clark.* It is one of the best May-flies made, so far as my 

 experience goes, and is peculiar in having the wiugs placed 

 over the bend of the hook, the point of which is hidden 

 in the hackles. I find the 

 " Clark " fly is soon de- 

 stroyed, but it rises fish well; 

 it lasts longest if tied with 

 Egyptian goose- wings. The 

 " Champion," designed by 

 Hammond, of "Winchester, 

 is another good floating 

 fly. There is a pecu- 

 liarly dressed fly, tied by 

 Gowland, of Crooked Lane,' 

 which cannot help floating, 

 owing to the way the wings 

 are placed (1, Fig. 31). It is not very much like the natural 

 fly, but Mr. G. F. Rogers, a member of the Fly-fishers' Club, 

 is, to my knowledge, successful with it, but tells me that his 



Fig. 30. Clark's May-fly. 



Sold by Farlow & Co. 



