142 Trout Flies. 



natural fish more than frogs, beetles, and so forth. 

 They do not, however, and artificial fish are as like 

 as possible to natural minnows, bleak, etc." 



How does Ephemera account for the killing 

 powers of the spoon, the kill devil, etc. I once 

 killed some fine trout, my artificial bait being 

 made out of a tin colour tube from the box of 

 an artist friend who was with me. 



Mr. Francis Francis, " A Book of Angling," gives 

 some excellent remarks about flies, and is inclined 

 to limit the number ; still he gives a careful de- 

 scription of some fifty, besides general flies. The 

 March Brown, Alder, Red Spinner, two kinds of 

 Duns, May fly, Francis, Governor, -and Coachman 

 are his favourites. He seldom or never uses the 

 Palmer Hackles except for chub. 



Mr. Stewart, " Practical Angler," gives as 

 principal flies only six. Three spiders and three 

 wing flies. 



Mr. Stoddart, " Angler's Companion," remarks : 

 " The fastidiousness of many anglers with respect 

 to their trouting flies has always occasioned me 

 astonishment." He goes on to say that these 

 fastidious anglers who exult in the possession of 

 five or six dozen varieties give credit to the fish 

 for possessing a power of discrimination not less 

 than adegree of daintinessorepicurianism altogether 

 extraordinary. His stock of flies is very limited. 



