just out of reach with just suffi
you could take hold of.
he remembered. He was pausing here and there
at the name beneath the photograph
of a trout fl y in its row. Some names
had their accidental beauty, some
an unaccountable oddity (e.g.
Bead Head Blood Mohair); some
a satisfying plainness (Joe's Hopper,
this with the most recessive of
aureoles). He turned to the fi rst section
of Orvis fl ies and began sampling.
Pale Evening Dun (his favorite, in
the beauty category), Halfback
Nymph (a combination that can't
be imagined), Rat Face McDougal, Green
Drake, Light Cahill, Hare's Ear, Blue Dun,
Dark Spruce, Royal Wulff , Grizzly
Wulff , Quill Gordon (one of the oldest
of patterns), Yellow Stimulator,
Marabou Muddler, Royal Trude, Elk
Hair Humpy, Blonde Wulff (the family
of Wulff s is large), The Professor,
Green Double Humpy, Renegade,
Female Adams, Adams Dry, Hairwing
Bluewing Olive, Silver Doctor (another