TROUT HABITS; LURES AND USE 



June (Gayer Patterns as it Warms Up): 

 Brown Hen (Governor), Dark Stone, Haw- 

 thorne, Green Drake, Brown Drake, Beaverkill, 

 Alder, Cahill, Great Dun, Abbey, Brown Pal- 

 mer, Coachman, Golden Spinner, Grizzly King, 

 King and Queen of Water, Professor, Red Spin- 

 ner, Yellow May. 



July and August (Light Flies) : White and 

 Dusty Millers, Quaker, Reuben Wood, Cow- 

 dung, Light Montreal, Oak, Royal Coachman, 

 Brown Stone. In the Catskill country, Bee 

 fished wet and the Yellow Dun dry fly are very 

 successful in late Summer; and those flies having 

 red bodies, as Abbey, King of the Water, Red 

 Ant, or Red Spinner, have their advocates at 

 this time of the year. One of the favorite 

 local patterns has a Royal-Coachman body and 

 wood-duck wings. This calls to mind the story 

 of the Irish angler who placed no credence 

 in local patterns as a sort of talismen for their 

 particular districts, and who wrote his Scotch 

 cousin, "But as you evidently do, I would like 

 to dress a few flies for you to use on the Spey. 

 To enable me to do this you must send me a 

 bottle of Spey water for analysis; and a bottle 

 of the whisky you drink there would also be of 

 great assistance." 



(Note that the patterns as given in the above 

 lists do not all fall accurately into the dark, 

 gay, and light classifications.) 

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