64 THE GRASSHOPPER, 



Put about as much of the bark as may be 

 pealed from a slender branch three feet long, 

 into a pint of water. When this boils, put 

 in the feathers for a few minutes, or till 

 they have acquired the hue you desire. When 

 taken out, soak them for two or three minutes 

 in alum water. The colour thus produced is 

 a yellowish-green. The common fault of the 

 artificial May-fly is that it is too yellow. The 

 above dye may be made more or less green, 

 according to the quantity of the outer bark 

 used ; the inner bark yielding the yellow^, which 

 should by no means predominate. 



While on the subject of the May-fly, I 

 cannot refrain from telling those of my brother 

 anglers who may not be aware of the fact, that 

 during the May-fly season Trout run very 

 freely at the Minnow. From about the 25th 

 of May to the end of June, more fish are to be 

 killed with the Water-witch tribe than \\\\\\ 

 the May-fly. Another hint may, perhaps, not 

 be unacceptable : — The best fortnight in the 

 whole year for minnow-fishing is that im- 

 mediately following the disappearance of the 



