76 Wet-Fly Fishing 



time to swallow each tiny atom, but simply 

 keep filling the mouth as fast as possible, 

 swallowing dozens nay, hundreds at a 

 gulp. Some of the flies coming down from 

 above have got submerged. If skilfully and 

 delicately fished, a sunk fly will still do 

 execution." 



It is an April scene which I have been 

 describing. And now for May. 



Let us suppose the date to be the 15th. 

 And now for the rest of that "paper" 

 which is of immediate interest to us. 



" There is a still pool; shallow on our 

 side, but deepening near the further bank, 

 where some fine old trees overhang the 

 water. The river is low, and the day 

 cloudy ; a nice light wind is just rippling 

 the surface, as it meets the placid current, 

 in its passage up stream. We mount 

 a f double ' midge fly, size of hooks 00, 

 ' GreenwelTs Glory/ as the point or tail fly, 

 and for the next, a chaffinch or starling 

 wing, with a light red or coch-y-bonddhu 

 hackle, for ( dropper, 1 placing the two flies 

 6 feet apart. When a river is ' dead fine/ 

 I always think that two flies are ample, 

 kept well apart ; the size of dropper, No. 1 

 of Hutchinson's Kendal scale. Wading is 

 now a matter of importance, since a clumsy 



