74 DRY-FLY FISHING 



fly than the Greenwell Quill, as it may be called, can 

 be laid upon the waters. 



Following it closely and challenging its proud 

 position as first favourite is the Medium Olive. 

 Under that heading are classed together several 

 species differing from one another to such a negligible 

 extent that for practical purposes attention to 

 individual characteristics is wholly unnecessary. 

 Fortunately they select for their arrival various 

 periods of the year, and are to be found on practically 

 all waters, so that this fly likewise is of general 

 application and must find a place in the dry-fly box. 



Sometimes in spring the angler will encounter a 

 hatch of dark Olives, and then his Greenwells will 

 look after his welfare satisfactorily enough, but a 

 special pattern is desirable. In summer a pale 

 variety appears on many waters in such numbers, 

 moreover, that the angler who is not provided with 

 copies may be left lamenting the loss of a great 

 opportunity. It happens to be one of our particular 

 favourites, for many a fine basket it has brought us 

 on Loch Dochart in July. 



We have formed a high opinion of a fly, for the 

 introduction to which we are indebted to G. E. M. 

 Skues, author of Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream. 

 It is named the Rough Olive, and with it we have 

 killed many trout in every month of the season both 

 on loch and river, the best basket being one of 10 Ib. 

 from the Clyde in May. We have never failed with 

 it, and if there is no indication from the waters as to 

 which fly will prove acceptable, we often use it on 

 the cast as an experimental pattern. 



For early fishing the March Brown is requisite. 

 It enjoys but a short season, yet, while it is on, it 



