OTHER TACKLE, FLIES AND MINNOWS 41 



Jock Scott, Peacock, Silver Doctor and Thunder and 

 Lightning. 



There are, of course, many more standard patterns, 

 some of which are, I think, more deadly on particular 

 waters, at certain times, than the ones which I have 

 enumerated. The angler should, therefore, endeavour 

 to glean from local people the type of fly which kills 

 most fish. 



The flies which I have mentioned, together with the 

 other orthodox models, are dressed 

 on single hooks, two hooks and a 

 double hook, and even with three 

 double hooks ; while fly spinners 

 are also supplied to tempt the 

 angler as well as the fish. If the 

 fisherman is unable to find a fly FLY SPINNER 



that appeals to him, he must, 

 indeed, be exceedingly hard to please. 



Of course, like the philatelist, he can amuse himself 

 by making a pretty collection. 



An old angling friend of mine was smitten with this 

 craze, and he was ever adding to his hoard. On wet 

 days he would employ himself happily by gazing at the 

 gaudy dressings and fingering them. He rarely visited 

 the river as he was past the age for fishing activities, and 

 I firmly believe that he had reached a stage when he 

 would have regretted wetting a feather. Whenever he 

 was asked if he missed very much the thrills of the 

 winding waterway, he would look up smilingly and 

 intimate that in his day he had made the most of his 

 golden opportunities, then add cryptically, " As they 

 say in some parts of the country, you can't have two 

 forenoons in one day/' However, he enjoyed, in the 

 dry, many hours with his gay specimens, and he was 

 always delighted to recollect that with this pattern he 



