74 FLY FISHING AND SPINNING 



Three Shades of Olive Quills light, medium and dark.} 



Two shades of Olive Dun light and dark.J 



Two shades of Blue Dun light and dark.f 



Light Blue Quill, f Wickham's Fancy. { 



Red Quill. { Golden Sedge.* 



Ginger Quill. J Hare's Ear.f 



Yellow Dun.J Coachman.* 



Coch-y-Bondhu.J Iron Blue.f 



Alder. { Dark Winged medium Olive 



Shaw's Fancy Winged.* Quill. J 



It is important to remember that many of the Duns and 

 Spinners, though similar in appearance, differ in the sizes 

 in which they will be encountered, and while it is impossible 

 to give anything like a perfect list of the sizes which should 

 be within reach of the fisherman, I think that flies marked 

 in the above list with an asterisk may be stocked on 

 the No. i hook, but those marked with a dagger on a 

 No. oo hook, and those marked with a double dagger 

 may be stocked in both these sizes. 



THE MAY FLY. 



To those who can and do fish fairly constantly throughout 

 the year the advent of the May Fly season is by no means 

 an unmixed blessing. It certainly makes sport for the 

 time easier, but it unsettles the regular feeding habits of 

 the trout for several weeks after the May Fly has passed, 

 and it induces rather a careless habit of relying on one class 

 of flying insect as a lure, and a self-satisfied disregard of 

 what may be frequently taking place, viz., that other forms 

 of Ephemeridae, etc., are preferred, and are being taken 

 by the trout. In this way the neglect of the ever varying 

 character of the flies which are hatching out and being taken 

 ensues, and frequently leads to a less successful day's fishing, 



* No. i hook. f No. oo hook. J No. I and No. oo hooks. 



