TEOUT FLIES. Ill 



it is found the little iron blue dun or watchet, as it is 

 called in the north, does well. 



June. Most of the old flies will still come in at times, 

 and you may add the sedge, very slight variations of which 

 will also include the sand fly, the cinnamon, and the 

 mushroom. It is a capital fly on very many waters. 

 Early in June, the celebrated green and grey drakes 

 appear, and the fish have their great gorge of the season. 

 The quill gnats are excellent flies now. 



July is a bad month as a rule, and few new flies come 

 in. The duns and quill gnats will be found the best day 

 flies, with sedges, alders, &c., for the evening. 



August. The old flies still prevail. A fly which we call 

 the dark- winged olive comes on in the evening on many 

 rivers, and is good now to the end of September. 



September. Add to all the old flies the whirling blue 

 dun, and the willow flies, and that is all that is new in 

 September. 



General Flies. To these ordinary natural flies there 

 are certain flies called general flies, which, bearing a 

 general or fancied resemblance to various flies, are taken 

 by the fish. These are The Francis, the Governor, 

 Hammond' 8 Adopted, Hoffland's Fancy, the Coachman, the 

 Wickham, the Partridge and Grouse Hackles, and the 

 Caperer. 



With the above collection of flies, which is pared down 

 as close as it may well be for general work, the angler 

 ought to be able to do good service on any stream, regard 

 being had to the size of the flies, which must be a good 

 deal smaller on some streams than on others. There are 

 special flies suited to special streams, or flies that are only 

 partial, as, for example, the grannom, the spider fly, &c. 

 very useful for particular rivers here and there, but I do 



