86 PRACTICAL FLY FISHING 



siderable study of dry fly fishing in American waters 

 and their favorite fly patterns are: 



CAMP * GILL 2 



Coachman Whirling Dun 



Cahill Wickhams Fancy 



Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Pale Evening Dun 



Wickhams Fancy Jenny Spinner 



Brown Sedge Willow 



Silver Sedge Orange Fish Hawk 



Iron Blue Dun Olive Dun 



Whirling Dun Soldier Palmer 



Olive Dun Silver Sedge 



Green May-female Red Spinner 



Brown May-female White Miller 



Spent Gnat-female Coachman 



Black Gnat 



SPINNERS 



There are times when it is necessary to fish a little 

 deeper than a fly ordinarily sinks or when a plain fly 

 fails to attract the attention of our whimsical quarry. 

 When these conditions prevail the glitter of a tiny 

 spinner often induces the fish to strike. 



You will occasionally find an angler who objects to 

 the spinner on the grounds that it is unsportsmanlike 

 but some of the finest sportsmen I know will use a 

 spinner when the bass or trout will take nothing else 

 and under the circumstances I believe its use is justified. 



I give the fish ample opportunity to take a plain fly ; 

 if they register no appreciation of my lofty ethics I 

 add a tiny spinner and do it shamelessly. 



1 From " Fishing with Floating Flies." 



2 From " Practical Dry Fly Fishing." 



