Mr. Dewar's Reduced List 



In 1910, Mr. Dewar further reduces 

 his list, saying: "To-day my list would 

 probably be olive dun, Wickham, hare's 

 ear, iron-blue dun, red quill, sedge, 

 alder and May-fly," while he calls the 

 olive dun the "chief fly in this style of 

 angling." 



In America, for the reason already 

 given, namely, that we have no Ameri- 

 can fly-fisher's entomology, anglers 

 have been compelled to select patterns 

 from the lists of Mr. Halford or other 

 English writers, or depend at first upon 

 advice from friends who have had ex- 

 perience in dry-fly angling and have 

 discovered patterns which they have 

 found successful upon our streams. 

 The following list of flies recommended 

 by the author for American streams 

 was published in 1911, and will, I 

 think, prove useful: Whirling dun, 

 pale evening dun, Wickham's fancy, 



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