xiv CONTENTS 



PART V 

 What 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. FLIES AS FOOD ------ 69 



II. FLY DRESSING AS AN ART - - - - "75 



III. IMITATION, REPRESENTATION, SUGGESTION - - - 77 



IV. STYLES OF FLY DRESSING - - - - "79 

 V. KICK --------82 



VI. EX MORTUA MANU - - - - - -83 



PART VI 



BAFFLEMENT --------89 



DIVISION II 

 SOME FURTHER MINOR TACTICAL STUDIES 



CHAPTER 



I. SOME PROBLEMS - - - - - - 90 



THE HARE'S-EAR PUZZLE - - - - "9° 



UPSTREAM WIND - - - - 91 



A CURIOUS CONTRAST - - - - - 96 



THE RED QUILL - - - - - . - IOO 



THE ENTRANCE OUT - - - - 102 



THE ALDER AND CANON K. - - - • IO4 



THE WILLOW-FLY ----- 107 



II. SOME FLY-DRESSING EXAMPLES - 108 



IRON BLUE ------ 108 



A GOOD SMALL OLIVE - - - - - 10 9 



JULY DUN - - - - - - 110 



LITTLE RED SEDGE - - - - - 113 



PHEASANT TAIL - - - - - -1 15 



RUSTY SPINNER - - - - - 117 



THE POPE AND THE TAILERS - - - - Il8 



III. SOME MORE FLY DRESSING — PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE - 121 



THEORIES OF WET-FLY DRESSING OF TROUT FLIES - 121 



THE DRESSING OF NYMPHS - - - - 125 



THE PURPOSES OF A HACKLE - - - - 129 



THE SPADE FEATHER - - - - - I32 



BUZZ ------- 133 



A GOOD ENTRY ------ 134 



QUALITY IN FLY-DRESSING MATERIALS - - "135 



