The Angler's Secret 



with ginger hackle wound the whole 

 length of the body. 



Alder, Codun, 



Scarlet Ibis, Brown and Red Palmer, 



Imbrie, Brown Hen, 



Professor, Queen of the Water, 



Reuben Wood, King of the Water, 



March Brown, Abbey, 



White Miller, Black Gnat, 



Coachman, Grizzly King, 



Royal Coachman, Quaker. 



On the streams the smaller flies should 

 be used ; on large ponds, lakes, and rough 

 waters, the large numbers. And this 

 ancient advice, set forth even so long ago 

 as the days of Charles Cotton, who con- 

 tributed the information to Izaak Wal- 

 ton's Compleat Angler, is a good general 

 rule to follow: When the day is bright 

 and where the water is clear, use small 

 flies and plain colors, and in deep and dull 

 waters and on dark days and in the eve- 

 ning flail the brighter and larger patterns. 



When you buy your flies, buy lots of 

 them, for, be you tyro or practical rod- 



