134 THE CHOICE OF A FLY. 



the colour is right but the size is wrong, and a change 

 to one similar in colour but smaller, will frequently 

 meet with success. 



For late evening or night fishing, however, this is 

 reversed. The most killing flies are 



Thick Bodies. then mostly heavy and woolly in 



the bodies, as might be expected— 



as most nocturnal flies have thick hairy bodies, 



particularly as the warm weather comes on. Early in 

 the season much smaller flies are 



Night. useful at night than later on, con- 



trary to the rule, with regard to the 



size of flies used during the day. 



If, in fishing a restricted water, where trout are 

 large and not too plentiful, a good 

 A Miss. fish is risen and missed, it is as well 



to have another cast with the 

 same fly ; if this is refused, change the fly to one of 

 about the same size but different in colour, and try 

 again in a few moments, this often has the desired effect. 



When fishing a long stretch, of course, this may be 

 out of the question, but when a second rise is wanted 

 out of a fish, a different fly has a better chance than 

 the one which rose the fish on the first occasion. 



It is seldom that a good rise is on to any particular 



pattern of fly until the original of 



Hatch of that pattern has been hatching for 



Flies. several days, the first few stragglers 



of any hatch seldom causing a distinct 



rise to any given pattern. It is only when the hatch 



