92 MINOR TACTICS OF THE CHALK STREAM 



I presented it to keep it. But was I down- 

 hearted ? No ! I had some small floating March 

 Browns, which, with the whisks pinched off, 

 made quite satisfactory Grannoms and saved 

 the situation. On other occasions I have used 

 Grannom and March Brown indifferently to 

 represent the grass-moths with which the meadows 

 and banks were teeming, and they each did the 

 job excellently and were most attractive. I have 

 also used the March Brown as a Brown Silver 

 Horns, and to simulate other sedges, and there 

 is no doubt that it is an excellent fly, and, as 

 generally tied, quite a poor imitation of the 

 natural March Brown, and quite a passable 

 imitation of almost anything else. 



GENERAL FLIES AND FANCY FLIES. 



The alleged March Brown may be called a 

 " general fly " — i.e., it is a more or less satisfac- 

 tory imitation, not merely of one, but of many 

 flies. In the same way the Red Quill is a general 

 fly, covering not only a series of red spinners, 

 but also probably the whirling blue dun. Tup's 

 Indispensable used as a floater is an excellent 

 rendering of many red spinners. The sunk 

 variety is an efficient rendering of many nymphs. 

 No. I Whitchurch is, I see, included by Mr. F. M. 

 Halford among fancy flies ; but I should venture 

 to class it as " general," being an effective pre- 

 sentment of the yellow dun series of flies. Green- 



