FLOATING FLIES 73 



and an assortment of hackles he can in a few min- 

 utes dress a fly which, while perhaps not a superb 

 example of the fly-tier's art, will yet meet with a 

 ready acceptance from the trout. 



Of all the numerous varieties of dry-flies offered 

 to the nimble trout, by far the most popular with 

 Scottish anglers is the redoubtable Green well's 

 Glory. It is an indispensable pattern, useful at 

 any time of the season and often invaluable ; prob- 

 ably every angler uses it, while some are with 

 difficulty persuaded to entrust their fortunes to any 

 other. Its mere presence on the cast inspires the 

 confidence which begets success. 



Though originally made in imitation of one of the 

 darker Olives, it owes its deadliness, we imagine, to 

 the fact that it bears a superficial resemblance to 

 many duns rather than a striking similarity to any 

 particular species. 



In accordance with the earlier method adopted to 

 suggest segmentation, the body is usually of waxed 

 silk closely ribbed with the finest gold wire. For 

 this purpose quill is now almost universally 

 employed, and certainly it succeeds in giving a 

 more life-like appearance to a fly. Consequently 

 we have dared to modify the dressing that Canon 

 Greenwell prescribed for his great invention, feeling 

 certain that he also would have used quill for the 

 body of his fly, had that most satisfactory material 

 been known in his day. Experience has amply 

 demonstrated that the alteration is beneficial. 



As a general fly, always reliable and often 

 extremely deadly, it has no equals. When rising 

 trout are nowhere in evidence, and one is forced to 

 11 fish the stream," or remain idle, no more profitable 



