- 210 GOLDEN DAYS 



Alder. 



Redpalmer caterpillar. 

 (" Useful at end of season, tie with dark 

 ginger hackles.") 



The Black Hackle. 

 ("A local fly as used in Morbihan. Tied 

 sparse black hackle ; on thin black body 

 with silver twist ; sizes 1 and 2.") 



Wichham's Fancy. 

 ("For chub.") 



Governor. 

 (*' For chub ; tied with red or yellow tag.") 



The reader here discovers that my 

 actions have often belied my ideals, 

 especially in the matter of chub flies. 

 Well, perhaps the chub is not a puritan, 

 and has a fancy for the unreal and 

 meretricious. Be that as it may, one 

 always, when cornered, has the unanswer- 

 able retort : " Oh, but you don't see it as 

 the fish does ; he really takes it for the 

 natural so-and-so." 



On glancing back to " Mayfly " in my 

 list, I would add as supplement another 



