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months. There are days when the Blue 

 Upright will do remarkably well, and it 

 is a sound fly at times when there is no 

 rise on, and the fish refuse anything in 

 the form of a "floater." 1 have found 

 this fly most successful when tied with a 

 very small ginger hackle, supplementing 

 and mixed in with the ordinary grey one, 

 the body tied in the usual way, but 

 finished off* at the tail with a few turns of 

 pale-coloured garden bass. This pattern 

 seems to appeal to the fish, and is, more- 

 over, a fair imitation of the natural insect. 

 The March Brown has a big reputation 

 in Brittany, but unfortunately I have 

 never been very successful with it as a 

 dry-fly, even when a good hatch was 

 on the water. The fish seemed uncer- 

 tain about each pattern I put before them, 

 in fact, preferring " any old fly " of reason- 

 able colour to those that were fondly 

 considered by their maker to represent 

 March Browns. Personally I feel this fly 

 could be greatly improved by experiment 

 and careful imitation. In a new suit of 

 clothes he might present a better appear- 

 ance and prove a huge success. 



