120 ANGLING. 



Wiclcham 9 * fancy. An excellent all day and nearly all 

 season fly, not only in Hampshire, whence it sprung, but 

 in many other streams. Body, gold tinsel ; red hackle 

 from head to tail, starling wing, light and dark, two 

 shades. Hook 9 to 12. 



Partridge and grouse hackles. Two small flies, very 

 useful at times, particularly on northern or moorland 

 streams. A lemon silk, or orange silk body, with three 

 turns of partridge or grouse hackle. Hooks 10 to 12. 



The red and black palmers. Very common and well- 

 known flies, and very useful, particularly the former. 

 They should have either peacock or black ostrich bodies, 

 and red or black hackles. The black palmer sometimes 

 is ribbed with silver. If, instead of a common red 

 hackle, you substitute one with a black centre, you 

 make 



The Coch-y-bonddhu. A noted fly in Wales, and use- 

 ful in very many streams. The flies may be dressed of 

 any size, from the largest to the smallest. I use this fly 

 in preference to all others, as a wet fly, ribbed with fine 

 gold wire, it kills in many streams nobly. 



The Soldier palmer I have found a capital fly in many 

 rivers, particularly when thickened with rain. It is often 

 a good lake fly too. Body scarlet crewel ribbed with gold 

 tinsel ; red hackle. Hooks from 7 to 10. 



With this list of flies the angler should kill anywhere. 

 I myself use chiefly the duns all round, the spinners, the 

 Governor, the Wickham, the alder, the sedge, the March 

 brown, the quill gnats, the Francis, the Coch-y-bonddhu, 

 the Coachman, the black gnat, and the drakes. I have 

 different sizes of some of them, and I rarely want any 

 other fly. 



I find in fly-fishing that it is very useful to employ a 



