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fly is finished (Fig. 32) the tubing is passed over the 

 tail and bend of hook." 



" I give this mode of tying at great length, as it is 

 useful in tying the winged green drake and the up- 

 right winged gray drake ; tying in with rofia grass 

 figure-of-eight sets the wings more upright. This 

 method succeeds too with all the spinners of the duns, 

 which should be tied in this way ; hackle point wings 

 do not float as well, and soon break up ; they make 

 good show-case flies, but are of little practical use for 

 lake work. One trout generally finishes them. The 

 hackle patterns and those tied as above will last well, 

 and a worn and chewed fly sits and kills better than 

 a new one." 



" With the exception of the mayfly or drake I know 



too little as yet to say much. 



Other flies. It requires someone who lives 



on the shores of a lake, and is 

 constantly and carefully observing what is going on 

 during the whole of many fishing seasons to be 

 qualified to do so." 



" I give briefly the other flies which I have noticed 

 trout feeding on and with which I have killed fish." 



"A small black fly, not unlike the hawthorn fly, but 

 without the long hanging legs ; the only local name 

 I have heard for it is the young duck-fiy ; it comes out 

 about 15th to 20th April, when the young wild ducks 

 are about, and they feed on it." 



" The trout come really well on the feed on this fly ; 

 even the larger trout that, as a rule, only come up to 



