ON ARTIFICIAL FLIES. Si 



Anton, or Itchen, in any number, nor have I ever 

 found the fish feeding on it. Time after time 

 a minute examination of the contents of their 

 stomachs has failed to bring to light a single 

 specimen of this insect, in any chalk-stream trout 

 or grayling ; hence I plead guilty to a want of ex- 

 perience of its killing powers, and a complete 

 ignorance of the best methods of imitating it. 



LIST OF ARTIFICIAL FLIES. 



1. ROUGH OLIVE. 



Wings. Dark starling. 



Body. Heron herl, dyed in No. II., ribbed 



with fine gold wire. 

 Hackle and Whisk. Dyed in No. III. 

 Hook, o or oo. 



A very good pattern of the earliest spring olive 

 dun, and for a variety may be winged with pale 

 coot. 



2. INDIA-RUBBER OLIVE. 



Wings. Medium starling. 



Body. A thin slip of india-rubber ribbed 



with fine gold wire. 

 Hackle and Whisk. Dyed in No. II. 

 Hook, o, oo or ooo. 



This is one of Mr. H. S. Hall's patterns, and a 



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