THE FLY 51 



which are most successful when sunk are precisely those 

 which most closely resemble, not the so-called creepers, 

 but the nymphse of Ephemerids, bears the impress of 

 truth ; it is certainly based in reason, and is just what 

 a knowledge of insect life and of the habits of the trout 

 would lead us to expect. That, however, the Green- 

 well's Glory is one of these flies is more than doubtful. 

 The resemblance between that lure, with its prominent, 

 upstanding wings, and the practically wingless nymph 

 is not easily perceived. Than the Greenwell's Glory 

 there are few flies less like what, according to the 

 author quoted, they are supposed to represent. If «it 

 resembles anything at all, it is the imago of an Ephem- 

 erid, and its place on the cast is as upper dropper ; that 

 is, it should be fished as close to the surface as pos- 

 sible. Not that the situation in which they find it 

 is likely to make the slightest difference to the fish, 

 but it should please the angler to know that he is 

 treading the path prescribed for him by nature. 

 Whether he submerges his Greenwell's Glory or re- 

 tains it as near the surface as wet-fly methods let 

 him, will not seriously affect the weight of his basket ; 

 in the first case, however, his practice is purely 

 empirical, while in the second he has the satisfaction 

 of feeling that it is conducted on scientific principles. 



