140 Trout Flies. 



and Grey Drake, the Governor, the Coachman, and 

 the Cow-dung. 



Hofland, " Angler's Manual,"- 1839, gives a list of 

 some forty-six artificial flies for grayling or trout. 

 In my early days of fly-fishing I furnished a book 

 with a complete set of his flies. I found about 

 fourteen good for general use ; the others might 

 now and then kill a fish, so will any fly. 



Ronald's " Fly Fisher's Entomology," 1844, gives 

 careful descriptions and beautiful coloured im- 

 pressions of no less than forty-six flies for trout 

 and grayling fishing, and anyone, who wishes 

 to have a thorough assortment, so as to carry 

 out that evil propensity of constant change, 

 cannot do better than fill his book from Ronalds. 

 Whether he will kill more fish than a more modest 

 brother of the angle who has not that propensity, 

 and who thinks abqut a dozen flies sufficient, is a 

 question. Too much praise cannot be given to 

 Ronald's book, for the very beautiful illustrations, 

 both of the natural and artificial fly. 



Senior Angler (Wheatly), 1849, gives a descrip- 

 tion of eleven fancy flies, besides three for night 

 flies. Some of his fancies, are, to my knowledge, 

 excellent, both for trout and grayling, more par- 

 ticularly for the latter. To these I shall refer again 

 in " Grayling Fishing." 



Mr. John George Akerman, "Springtide ; or, the 



