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and the Dusty Miller, we shall have enumerated 

 the chief contents of the angler's book. The 

 man who ties his own flies will naturally go 

 further afield ; to a greater or less extent as his 

 temperament is imitative or creative. 



The main rules for these clear-water snow- 

 fed rivers I take to be as follows : in bright 

 sun a silverbodied fly with (say) a Blue Doctor 

 as a change ; on a dark day a Jock Scot ; on a 

 clear night a Black Doctor ; on a cloudy night 

 the most striking pattern you can find, say a 

 Durham Ranger. I give these merely as types 

 which I have personally found successful in 

 the given circumstances. They are capable of 

 almost infinite variation. I have yet to experi- 

 ence the conditions in which the Jock Scot will 

 not kill. A variety of it, the Blue Jock Scot, 

 has this year proved eminently successful in 

 bright weather. 



A few of Mr. Kelson's sun-flies and other 

 " startlers " may be useful for fish that are 

 wearied with the sight of the ordinary lures. 

 Something may sometimes be done by a start- 

 ling change of size. It has happened to me to 

 fish Second Fos in dead-low water late in July 

 with tiny flies without avail, and then as the 



