THE CHOICE OF FLIES 



jumping is to show them the most attractive flies. 

 A fly that will rise a fish often is a good fly. 



Abbey & Imbrie, the New York fly-makers, 

 found a like difficulty in making a selection of six 

 best flies ; but their final preference was for grizzly 

 king, Colonel Fuller, silver doctor, brown palmer, 

 Lord Baltimore, and Parmechenee Belle. 



In the order given: No. 1 has a gray wing with 

 red ibis shoulder, warm gray hackle with a green 

 body, red tail to match the shoulder, and deep black 

 head. No. 2 is a brilliant yellow hackle, body and 

 wings, with shoulder of red, black head and tail. 

 No. 3 is decidedly different from the Orvis silver 

 doctor, having a bright blue hackle, black head, 

 with wings a mixture of grays, without the golden 

 pheasant's feathers, the absence of the latter taking 

 away much of its beauty in appearance, yet seem- 

 ing to lessen none of its effectiveness as a taking 

 fly. No. 4 has the brown hackle, thick and bushy, 

 green head and body of peacock's harl, with a 

 short, stumpy, red tail. I like this fly, and, made 

 in any size, smaller preferred, it would do 

 great service for trout. No. 5 has a deep black 

 wing, hackle, head, and tail, with a bright golden 

 body and cream-colored spotted shoulder; it is a 

 most effective-looking fly, but did not take as I 

 expected on trial. No. 6 is the regulation white 

 and red, with yellow head and woolly body. 



A new pattern rising rapidly in favor, the Bab- 



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