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mornings, and will take occasionally on cold days up to Mid- 
summer, 
The ‘Jenny Spinner,’ a still smaller and more delicate insect, 
appears at odd times on warm evenings, and will then kill in 
the lowest and clearest waters. : 
The Fern Fly I have found very taking, even at noon on 
sultry days in July and August; but rather in still pools than 
in streams, and only in the neighbourhood of bracken. 
The Red Ant Fly comes in very late—generally in Sep- 
tember, when emmet flights are commonest—and is therefore 
rather a grayling than a trout fly. This fly, as also the Fern 
Fly, is figured in the list of grayling flies. In spite of its peculiar 
form, I have found the ‘ Dark Coachman,’ tied small, an effec- 
tive substitute for it. But of all flies which are not ‘ per- 
manent,’ like Miss Nipper, but ‘temporary,’ commend me to 
the Red Spinner. In warm evenings, far into the dusk, I have 
found it the deadliest of lures from June to September. Its 
whirling flight and its colour make it conspicuous ;' but it 
figures in my evening cast whether I have seen it on the wing 
or not. Oddly enough, I killed my best fish with it in Tas- 
mania. The fault of the ordinary imitations is that the bodies 
are of too crimson a tint. If you qualify the pure red, let it be 
with a little golden brown. 
I might add to this list, but, after all, the real question for 
the practical angler is not so much how many flies he can 
utilise as how many he can safely dispense with, I have now 
only to notice a few important flies which have a purely local 
value, killing in one district, but being of little use beyond it. 
Lists of this kind are dry reading at the best, so to avoid 
tediousness I will name only three. The Blue Upright—men- 
tioned already—is absolutely indispensable in Devonshire. It 
varies much in the tying as to size, build, and shade of colour ; 
its one constant characteristic being the hard smooth body. 
For general use I prefer it without wings, tied with a black 
hackle, not too stiff, and a slate-coloured body. 
The Silver Horns I have found very deadly in Salop and 
