THE CHUB. 8/ 



the movement and lifelike appearance which legs 

 give are amongst the most important of all the 

 characteristics of an artificial fly. This " move- 

 ment" is, in the case of Chub flies, of additional 

 importance, owing to the quiet, comparatively 

 stagnant waters in which they are frequently em- 

 ployed. Trout and Salmon flies are, it is true, 

 very commonly used on lakes, where there is no 

 current whatever ; but then, if they are to be used 

 to any purpose, it is always when the water is 

 curled by a breeze ; and more frequently when the 

 sky is clouded; in fly-fishing for Chub, on the 

 contrary, the calmest of days with the brightest 

 of suns, is the combination of weather most favour- 

 able for sport. I have also invariably found a 

 black fly the most killing ; and this has been the 

 result of my experience a tolerably long one 

 not only on bright days, but in dull gloomy 

 weather, and sometimes late into the dusk evening, 

 when it was so dark that to my eyes not only the 

 colour of the fly, but the fly itself was indistinguish- 

 able. Appended is the engraving of a Chub fly 

 which fulfils the two conditions explained, and 

 which I myself use dressed, of course, of different 



