let it dry hard and
shiny. This body will reflect light, much as the natural insect. I then
tie on two hackle tips for wings. Have them about as long as the hook,
spread them so they are at about a 30 degree angle from the body
and very flat. I then use a brown saddle hackle with fibers about
3/4" long for legs. I put on only two or three turns of the hackle,
and then clip off all of the top and bottom hackles, leaving only
about six fibers sticking {64} straight out on each side. This fly will
float very close to the water, and because of its sparse dressing,
slightly heavy body because of the lacquer, it is not a good floater. It
also has the disadvantage of being hard to see. However, it is still my
second choice, and properly dressed, and fished with a very fine leader,
will take many nice fish.

My third choice is the Fan Wing Royal Coachman. This fly was never
supposed to represent any particular family but I believe it is taken by
fish for the Lepidoptera, large-winged moths and butterflies. It seems
to be very successful when these are about in the evening.

My fourth choice is the Furnace Spider. This fly I tie on a size 16
short shank hook, by winding only about three turns of a furnace saddle
hackle, with fibers about three fourths of an inch long. Tied in this
manner, without any body or tail, the fly will alight on the water with
the hook down, and looked at from beneath, against the light, only the
little black spot will be noticeable. This I believe represents some of
the order Coleoptera (beetles) and also the small black gnat (Empidae).
I know if no other ways to tie the Black Gnat small enough to represent
the natural insect, and even on the very smallest hook, the artificial
is usually many times larger than the natural. The small black centre
of the furnace saddle hackle tied in this manner seems to represent
the size of the natural very {65} closely. This fly is a very good
floater and an excellent fly when trout are feeding on those small
insects.

My fifth choice is the Grannon. This fly is of the order of Trihoptera,
and has different shaped wings than any of those previously mentioned,
the wings being quite full and roof shaped. It is on the water a good
part of the season, and can be used when other flies with this shape
wing are about, such as the alder fly, cinnamon fly, etc.

My next and sixth choice of dry fly would be the Brown Palmer, made on a
size 12 long shank hook with a full b