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another useful lesson will be learnt, and so on, until such a 

 list of the flies can be dispensed with. 



Although I still possess them, I have discarded the use 

 of large fly boxes for field work ; they are heavy to carry 

 and there is a great danger that when handling it the box 

 may be dropped, the flies lost, etc., and a greater difficulty 

 will be experienced when trying to find the fly for immediate 

 use. 



DIFFERENT FLIES AND WHEN TO USE THEM 



The hatches of the different varieties of flying insects 

 during spring, summer and autumn merge into one another, 

 and while the advent of some species is peculiar to spring, 

 some to summer, and others again to autumn, several of 

 them will kill all the year round. 



The following names will form a very complete list of the 

 most useful flies for fishing in different parts of Great Britain, 

 and if a careful selection, taken from this list of artificial 

 flies, be made and carried in two such boxes as I recommend, 

 it should cover every variety of flying insect which are taken 

 by the fish on any one water at any one period of the year. 



Different varieties of flying insects to those given will 

 be found to occur in certain districts, and some of the flies 

 are local in their occurrence, but the list comprises the 

 names of the imitations of the best known flying water 

 insects, used by fishermen, with which trout are captured, 

 and while the names of these flies may vary in different 

 fishing districts yet the list will be found to be fairly 

 comprehensive and reliable. 



1 February Red.* 6 Light Blue Dun.|| 



2 Red Palmer.* || 7 Light Olive Dun.* || 



3 March Brown.* 8 Sand Fly.* 



4 Greenwell's Glory. || 9 Blue Dun.* || 



5 Iron Blue Dun.* f 10 Gravel Fly.* f 



