FLIES 



Still more recent is the symposium conducted by the 

 American Angler, more than two hundred prominent 

 anglers contributing. Each man was requested to name 

 his three favorites and three points was awarded the 

 ones chosen first; two points to the second and one to 

 the third. The score follows: 



Royal Coachman 93 



Coachman 56 



Parmachenee Belle 54 



Cahill 45 



Professor 43 



Brown Hackle 43 



Black Gnat 3* 



Grey Hackle 27 



Montreal 26 



Cowdung 21 



Silver Doctor 20 



Queen of Waters 18 



Favorite dry fly patterns are also a matter of opin- 

 ion. Many of the favorite patterns of British dry fly 

 men are not of exceptional value for our waters. This 

 applies especially to streams stocked only with brook 

 and rainbow trout and to our western rivers where the 

 brown trout is unknown. 



Emlyn Gill and Samuel Camp have made a con- 



