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A SELECTED LIST. 



Mr. Stewart says that, by varying the wings and body, 

 a great number of killing flies may be made, but he pinned 

 his faith upon the above six patterns ; and certainly with 

 these flies varied in size, and with the assistance of worm, 

 minnow, and larva, there were few more successful anglers 

 in the south of Scotland or on the Border than Mr. Stewart. 



I here subjoin, to simplify matters for the young angler, 

 a list of flies which I find sufficient usually for all general 

 purposes, and which I do not like to be without : 



Duns and spinners, as before- 

 mentioned, of various shades. 



The March brown. 



The oow-dung. 



*The gravel bed (this is only 

 indispensable where it is found). 



The black gnat and quill gnat 



The alder. 



Green and 'grey drakes. 



The coch-j-bondu. 



The sedge fly. 



The blue and green midges. 



The red and black ants. 



The whirling dun. 



The cinnamon. 

 *The needle brown. 

 The willow fly. 

 The barm fly. 



The white and 'brown moths. 

 The Francis. 

 The Wickham's fancy. 

 The governor. 

 The coachman. 

 Hammond's adopted. 

 The Holland's fancy. 

 The soldier palmer. 

 The grouse and partridge 

 hackles. 



Ihe flies with a star against them are those which the 

 angler may best venture to omit if he finds even this list 

 too long. The remainder I look on as indispensable for 

 general work. Of course, if the angler knows and fishes 

 any particular river, he may get through the season well 

 enough perhaps with a bare dozen of flies, or even less. 

 If he wanders at all, he will do well to ha%ve all the above 

 flies, and specially and particularly the duns and spinners. 

 Most people have preferences, and I have mine ; and if I 

 were to choose the three flies which I do most with in the 

 course of a year, I would select the March brown, the 

 alder, and the yellow dun in various shades, and next to 

 them the blue dun, sedge, soldier palmer, and the governor. 



