THE FLIES TO USE. 97 



WHAT SORT OF FLIES TO USE. WHEN AND WHERE TO 



USE THEM. 



The most important problem which the angler has to 

 solve when he gets to the water side is as to the fly which 

 is being taken, or going to be taken, by the trout. 



The natural flies, the fancy flies, the best patterns of 

 these flies for the various rivers, the hours of the day, 

 where such flies are most killing, have already been most 

 fully discussed by others, and the works, therefore, of Halford, 

 Dewar, Hutchinson, Pennell, etc., are not only most delightful 

 reading, but are full of interesting information on these 

 subjects. The student cannot do better than obtain the 

 standard books on Fly Fishing and study them. 



This literature will not only prove most interesting, but 

 by reading them the learner will acquire a general idea of 

 the natural flies which are recommended by these writers. 



The fly fisherman should always, before going down to 

 his stream, consult the Field and the Fishing Gazette, and 

 in their weekly reports from the different rivers he should find 

 what flies are killing at the latest moment. He must make 

 sure that he has among his other patterns at least a dozen 

 of each sort of flies given by these papers as being used 

 and as doing execution on the proposed water or some 

 neighbouring streams ; he should then seek the river side as 

 soon as possible, discover which of these flies are on the water 

 and being taken by the fish, and the result then rests with him. 



D.F. 



