66 THE GKASSHOPPER, 



end of March — creeping among the gravel and 

 stones by the river-side, and is very eagerly 

 sought after by the Trout. 



To make this bait, lead a single hook, of the 

 size represented in fig. 9. Flatten the lead, 

 tapering it to the tail; but still leave it com- 

 paratively "wide. The whisks in the tail are 

 either two strands of speckled partridge's tail 

 feather, or from the bustard. The body is 

 principally yellow towards the tail, and yellow 

 and brown mixed for the upper part. Rib 

 with yellow silk. The legs, six in number, I 

 have formed of short pieces of thick gut, 

 wound with olive-coloured silk well waxed, 

 and bent into the form shown in fig. 9. The 

 legs are bound on the hook, as the first 

 operation in fabricating the imitation ; I mean 

 after the lead is put on. I have also made it 

 with a loose treble hook, in the same manner 

 as that of the Grasshopper, fig. 1. Plate III. 

 If you adopt the single hook, a Caddis must be 

 put on the point of it. 



" Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, 

 Much fruit of sense, beneath, is seldom found." 



