CHALK-STREAM FISHING WITH DRY FLY. 339 
imitation of his own making, gives a peculiar pleasure and con- 
fidence : if to this the angler can add the consciousness of 
skill and dexterity in the use of his rod, he may wander from 
stream to stream independent of local fancies and piscatory 
heirlooms, but with a good prospect of sport wherever he may 
find a rising fish. 
The following is a list of the most useful flies for chalk- 
stream fishing. It does not profess to be exhaustive, but it 
will be sufficient, I think, ta guide one who is strange to this 
style of fishing, and to enable him to equip himself with such 
flies as most southern anglers consider necessary. Several of 
these flies have already been described by me in the ‘ Fishing 
Gazette,’ but recent experience has suggested slight modifica- 
tions in a few cases. However, the patterns here given have 
all been put to frequent trial by experienced anglers on the 
Test, Itchen, Kennet, and other streams, and may all be 
relied on. 
I begin with several dressings of the best of all chalk-stream 
flies : 
[The hook numbers quoted refer to those of the ‘ New,’ or eyed- 
hook scale, in which the small numbers represent the small sizes, 
and vice versa] ‘ 
I. THE OLIVE DUN, 
(1) Body: Olive silk. I know nothing better than Mr. Aldam’s 
‘gosling green,’ but it wants most delicate handling, 
and great care should be taken not to have too much 
wax on the tying silk, or it will darken the floss and 
spoil the fly. A ribbing of fine gold wire is an improve- _ 
ment. 
Wings: Dark starling. 
Legs and Whisks: Hackle stained olive—not too yellow, 
but a dull brown olive. 
(2) Body: Quill dyed olive, with or without gold tag. Wings 
and hackle as before. This pattern admits of several 
shades, and is, perhaps, the best all-round pattern that 
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