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CHAPTER VII. 



List of Flies for Trout-fishing The Stone-fly The Mayfly 

 The Spent Gnat The Virtues of the ' Wickham 'Varieties 

 of Artificial Mayflies Mr. Green's Pattern Drying the 

 Mayfly The Blow-line True Sport Patterns of May- 

 flies The Gray Drake and Spent Gnat The March 

 Brown The Blue Dun The Olive Dun Four Useful 

 Flies Detached Bodies The Yellow Dun The Iron- 

 blue Dun The Jenny Spinner The July Dun The 

 August Dun The Little Pale-blue Dun Spinners 

 Dressings of Spinners Local Names of Flies Theakstone 

 on ' British Angling Flies.' 



I PROPOSE to devote the present chapter to the 

 consideration of the artificial flies which I have 

 placed on the following list. 



The various dressings are taken from the best 

 authors on the subject. I have selected only those 

 flies and those patterns which I have proved to 

 be really reliable, and which I deem to be indis- 

 pensable. The list is apparently a long one. 

 Such, however, is not really the case, if it be com- 

 pared with the lists usually given, and I have en- 

 deavoured to curtail it as much as possible. In 

 most instances the letters W. F. will be observed 

 against one of the dressings given for each fly ; 



