82 FLIES AND FLY FISHING. 



large basketsful, several of them being half-a-pound, and 

 now and then one of three-quarters of a pound in weight. 

 The largest I ever killed just turned one pound in the 

 scale. 



The play of a dace for its size is very good indeed ; 

 you should use a stiffish rod and strike the moment you 

 perceive a sise. When fishing for dace and all kinds of 

 coarse fish, always exactly cover a rise, not throw a little 

 over it as for trout. August is the best month for dace 

 fishing with fly. I always fish with a hair cast, and use 

 four small flies : the red ant, silver and mulberry duns, 

 small black palmer and general fly, No. 4, are the best 

 dace flies, but by far the most killing one I ever used 

 was one I bought some years ago at Alfred's, in Moorgate 

 Street. It was something like a small black palmer, but 

 had a bit of shiny shell-looking substance at the tail. 

 Chub. Fishing for this fish with fly is hardly fly fishing 

 properly speaking, but it sometimes wiles away time when 

 there is nothing better to be had. 



Chub lie chiefly under the banks, especially where they 

 are overhung with trees, and the fly ought to be cast 

 quite close to the bank, and then worked towards the 

 middle water. The flies I always use are the orl, 

 governor, orange palmer, and general fly, No. 5, tied 



