JUNE, 1917 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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or dark color, this table shows, per South¬ 
ard : 
Special Indications for Use of Flies — 
Fish the flies on or just under water; 
in the— 
1. Early morning; medium or dark 
flies; light, if sky overcast. 
2. Daytime: any kind in rought water; 
dark, in calm water or slight ripple, with 
clear sky; light or medium, similar water 
but dark sky. 
3 - Evening: dark, silver or large bodies, 
if sky blue or gray, and moonlight; light, 
if sky dark, misty or rainy. 
Fish them four inches or more under the 
water, in the— 
1. Daytime: dark or medium, clear sky; 
light, if dark sky. 
2. Evening: makes little difference what 
color. 
The significance of these sky observa¬ 
tions is that the sky is the background 
against which the fish sees the fly. 
Dark Flies are: Black Gnat, Black June, 
March Brown, Montreal, Brown Adder, 
Blue Bottle, Dark Stone, Governor, Cahill, 
Great Dun, Hawthorne, Prime Gnat, 
Orange Black, Carmen, Furnace, Wasp, 
Silver Gnat, Silver Spot, Silver Doctor, 
Silver Horns. 
Medium Flies are: Queen and King of 
Water, Professor, Brown Coughlin, Royal 
Governor, Luke Green, Gray Drake, Ham¬ 
lin, General Hooker, Grizzly King, Light 
Cowdung, Cinnamon, Beauty, Alice, Alder, 
Abbey, August Dun, Marston’s Fancy, 
Hare’s Ear. 
Light Fiies are: White Miller, Lady of 
Lake, Coachman, Gilt Coachman, Royal 
Coachman, Deer, Fin, Parmacheene Belle, 
Dorset, Fern, Beaverkill, Gosling, Jenny 
Lind, Neversink, Reuben Wood, Sunset, 
Yellow May, Yellow Hackle, Gray Drake, 
Blue Dun. 
A NOTHER table, with both color and 
season indications, is this: 
April and May (darker patterns) : 
April—Black Gnat, March Brown, Coach¬ 
man, Abbey, Dark Montreal, Grizzly King, 
Brown and Red Palmers; May—King of 
Water, Queen, Red Spinner, Professor, 
Yellow May, Golden Spinner and all 
April patterns. 
June (gayer patterns as it warms 
up) : Brown Hen (Governor), Dark 
Stone, Hawthorne, Shoemaker, Green 
Drake, Brown Drake, Beaverkill, Alder, 
Cahill, Great Dun, Abbey, Brown Palmer, 
Coachman, Gold Spinner, Grizzly King, 
King and Queen Water, Professor, Red 
Spinner, Yellow May. 
July and August (light flies) : White 
and Dusty Millers, Quaker, Reuben Wood, 
Cowdung, Light Montreal, Oak, Royfal 
Coachman, Brown Stone. 
Imitating Natural Flie&— 
In fly fishing, most success will consist¬ 
ently be had by presenting a fair imitation 
of the natural fly upon which the fish are 
feeding, not simply the fly that is over the 
water, nor even on the water. (This holds 
true despite the fact that, curiously enough, 
the most successful all-round fly, the 
Coachman, is purely a fancy pattern.) 
When several species are on the water 
at the same time, feeding fish may confine 
their attention to one, says the late H. G. 
McClelland—“Athenian” of the London 
In Variety, 
Quantity, and 
Speed of Catch 
nothing equals the fifst prize 
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Stream contest—the 
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At your dealer’s or sent, postpaid, 
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Virgin Trout Streams 
in the Angler’s Eden 
Opened by the Government May 15 th, 1917 
Pisgah National Forest 
IN NORTH CAROLINA 
A limited number of permits to Fly Fishermen until 
October ist. 
The Davidson and Mille rivers have never been fished 
before—there is sport in abundance here. 
Ten miles from Asheville—REACHED BY THE 
Southern Railway System 
Convenient Schedules, Through Sleeping Cars from all prominent points: New 
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati, Louisville, Atlanta, St. Louis, 
Jacksonville and New Orleans. Luxurious Hotels, Comfortable 
Boarding Houses. 
Information regarding good^places for Summer Camps in United 
States Forests in North Carolina, call on or address 
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Made from one to five inches long. Describe what fish you want to 
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Send for folder with prices and instructions to 
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