FLIES THAT TROUT LIKE 91 



Flies italicized above are the very best in almost 

 all waters, and you will notice that there are just one 

 dozen of them. To even further reduce the number, 

 I will say that, personally, I would have no objections 

 whatever to being turned loose on a trout stream with 

 only the following six flies: Coachman, Cowdung, 

 Cahill, Beaverkill, Grizzly King, Queen of the Waters. 

 In the writer's opinion, one in which he is by no 

 means alone, the Coachman is the very best all-round 

 trout fly a fly good under all conditions of wind, 

 weather and water, at any time of day, at any time 

 during the season, and on any stream. It is not meant 

 to be understood that on occasions other flies will not 

 be more successful; merely that the Coachman is a 

 very consistently resultful fly, a good, steady performer. 

 Used as end-fly, it helps you to keep track of your cast 

 in broken water, the white wing being easily seen; 

 and this is of no little importance. 



When buying flies by mail, it is a good plan to have 

 sample flies of the various sizes sent you by the dealer 

 you intend to buy from. The reason 

 for this is that no two dealers sell ex- Buying 

 actly the same size fly on the same hook 

 number. Sometimes this is due to the difference in 

 the hooks used, and sometimes to the manner in which 

 the fly is dressed. You can never tell. A No. 8 fly 

 sold by Jones will be the size of a No. 10 sold by 

 Smith, and occasionally the variation will be even 

 more. Send for samples. If you possibly can, get 



