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a decided minority. The dry-fly Angler is not, as a 

 rule, a very early riser. He can do nothing without 

 natural flies, and in my experience there are very few 

 duns or other water-flies out till nine or even ten o'clock 

 in the morning." A. B. Dewar, The Book of the Dry- 

 Fly. 



American Dry-Flies. " Whirling Dun, Wickham's 

 Fancy, Pale Evening Dun, Jenny Spinner, (Hackle 

 Fly), Willow Fly (Hackle Fly), Orange Fish Hawk 

 (Hackle Fly), Olive Dun, Soldier Palmer (Hackle Fly), 

 Silver Sedge, Red Spinner, White Miller, Coachman, 

 Black Gnat." Emlyn M. Gill, Practical Dry-Fly 

 Fishing. 



Brazilian Flies. Brazilian flies, costing seven dol- 

 lars a ton, are used to feed fishes in England. 



Fresh Flies. "When trout are taking the fly on the 

 surface, and are not simply feeding on the larvae as 

 they swim upward, a brand new fly is more likely to 

 catch a fish than one which has been a great deal used. 

 I always use May-flies dressed on eyed hooks, have a 

 goodly supply, and when one gets so wet as to necessi- 

 tate a considerable amount of labor in the drying of it, 

 off it comes, and is stuck in my cap to dry at its leisure. 

 Of course it is rather wasting to the cast this frequent 

 changing flies and no little trouble to those whose 

 fingers are all thumbs, and whose eyesight is becoming 

 dim, but it is far less trouble to change the fly than to 

 dry it when thoroughly soaked." London Fishing 

 Gazette. 



Rocky Mountain Trout Flies. First, Royal Coach- 

 man; second, Gray Hackle with yellow body. Then: 



