36 FLY-FISHING. 



TROUT-FLIES. 



TYPICAL FLIES : DRESSING OF. 



I HAVE explained in the preliminary obser- 

 vations the reasons which lead, I think inevi- 

 tably, to the conclusion that for all practical 

 purposes only a few typical flies, of the most 

 common insect-colours and distinctive forms, are 

 required for Trout-fishing, whether in lake or 

 stream. 



Such flies it has been further shown should 

 naturally embrace the three most common 

 insect colours, green, brown, and yellow ; and in 

 form imitate the phryganidcz and cphcmcridce, 

 which are the most favourite families of river 

 flies, and the most distinctive and " fly-like" in 

 their form. Several other desiderata with regard 

 to colour, &c., have also been pointed out. 



It will be seen that these conditions are ful- 

 filled in the three flies, yellow, brown, and green, 

 of which a detailed description is appended. 

 They can be made of any size, from that used in 

 the smallest and clearest of our Derbyshire 

 streams to the largest sized lake-fly :' nothing being 

 required to be varied but the size of the hook, the 



