64 MINOR TACTICS OF THE CHALK STREAM 



well with the one fly as in other seasons with a 

 larger selection. And it is a remarkable fact that 

 the Red Quill, bearing more resemblance to a Red 

 Spinner than to a dun, will frequentty kill during a 

 rise of duns as well as, or better than, quite a good 

 imitation of the dun itself. It will also be found 

 that during the rise of any kind of dun its spinner 

 will often take as well as, if not better than, the 

 subimago pattern. For instance, a Red Spinner 

 during a rise of olives, a Claret Spinner when the 

 iron-blue dun is on, and a Sherry Spinner when 

 the blue-winged olive is on. 



All the spinners do not die and fall spent on 

 the water over night. Some come on to the water 

 in the cool of the early morning, and if the angler 

 tries in the hot weather for an early morning trout, 

 the spinner may be commended to him as giving 

 him his best chance, so far as floating patterns 

 are concerned. And when, before the rise comes 

 on, an odd fish or so may be found in position 

 putting up occasionally at something, spinners 

 may legitimately be suspected. Therefore it may 

 be that, when the rise comes on, the memory of a 

 recent acquaintance with more delicious morsels 

 than the current duns leads to a readiness on his 

 part to absorb the floating imitation spinner. 



The blue-winged olive is a large and handsome 

 fly, and its hatch is usually an evening matter, 

 though I have seen it at all hours of the day. But 

 when it is on, and there are other duns at the same 



