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" The Bumbles dressed by the Messrs. Foster are unequalled by any we have yet 

 seen for neatness and for use amongst grayling." Fishing Gazttte, 1882. 



circumstances it follows, as a natural consequence, that the fly ranks 

 high also from the fisherman's point of view. The Red Spinner kills 

 well towards twilight, from April to September, after fine days. All the 

 Duns that live to maturity become Spinners ; these latter are therefore, 

 and in consequence, very numerous. The usual copies of these truly 

 beautiful insects are, for the most part, very indifferent, both as regards 

 colour and attitude. The natural flies are taken by the fish whilst in 

 the act of laying their eggs, one of which they drop each time they alight 

 upon the surface of the water. That these, the most "prim, pretty, 

 and plentiful " of the whole category of winged insects, should be neatly 

 and skilfully copied in every detail will be readily conceded by all who 

 have ever devoted any attention to the subject. The Little Pale Blue 

 and Willow are great favourites with the grayling during this the best 

 month for these delicate fish. 



OCTOBER. No. 1, Hare's Ear Dun; No. 2, Needle 

 Fly ;* No. 3, Grey Palmer ; No. 4, Esterhazy Dun ;* No. 

 5, Coch-y-bondu ; No. 6, October Dun.* 



The Hare's Ear is an excellent fly from early spring to autumn. 

 The Needle Fly and Grey Palmer are the best grayling flies that can 

 be used. The Coch-y-bondu is a most excellent fly for brook fishing 

 for large trout, and for heavy waters generally. The Esterhazys and 

 Octobers are among the most prominent of the myriads of Little Duns 

 that haunt both river and brook for the remaining portion of the 

 season. 



It will be seen that a list of forty-eight kinds of flies are given, these 

 being arranged for the year. This list is a medium between the two 

 extremes drawn by Pennell and Stewart, on the one hand, with Wade, 

 Theakstone, and more writers of the old school on the other. The 

 contrast shown in the advocacy of three solitary commonplace hackled 

 lures, and the other stretched extreme of over three hundred, is 



" Mrs. M. Smith and Mr. David Foster, Ashbourne, are referred to by the editor 

 of the magnificent work before us ('A Quaint Treatise on Flies and Fly Making') 

 as l>eing the most accomplised fly-makers of the day. We can endorse the state- 

 ment.' 'Field, May, 1876. 



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