16 TROUT FISHING 



Cricket ! " Of all the insects of which 

 imitations are to be found in The Book 

 of Flies, the Water Cricket is, I beUeve, 

 the only one that runs about on the 

 surface of the stream. All the others, 

 as a rule, move only as the current of 

 the water, or that of the air, ordains. 



Every angler, it would seem, has 

 a weakness for some particular fly. 

 Whithersoever he goes, he will give it 

 a chance, and he will continue to believe 

 in it despite any temporary failure. 

 A well - known instance is that of 

 Mr. Senior, the admirable Editor of The 

 Field, who trusts so firmly in a certain 

 insect that he has, for the purposes of 

 literature, taken its name as his own, 

 and is familiar to all the world as " Red- 

 spinner." He understands thatthe brilliant 

 creature is at home on every running water 

 at all times of the season, and that it is 

 likely on any day to be attractive to the 

 trout. I myself have similar thoughts 

 about Greenwell's Glory, a fly with a 

 name so aggressive that I make haste 



