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which is the female of several species of ants. This 

 has the body dubbed with blackish brown cow's hair, 

 whipped with silk of the same colour ; the wings from 

 the brown feather of a hen or landrail. 



Ant fly. a, natural flyj b, artificial fly. 



Night Fly-fishing. 



The interesting account which I have given in a pre- 

 ceding page, from " Barker's Delight/' will show better 

 than any didactic precepts the principles upon which 

 night-angling ought to be practised. The flies require 

 to be large and light-coloured, and the more clumsily 

 they are dressed the better. I would always recom- 

 mend a live caddis worm, or the body of some natural 

 fly, to be put on the hook at the same time. 



The flies are usually termed owl or moth flies, and 

 the body may be dubbed with light bear's hair or any 

 whitish fur, or white ostrich herl ; the wings from the 

 feathers of a white owl, or of a tawny owl j the hackle 

 from a white or pale yellow cock. 



" These flies," says Taylor, " are most killing in 

 warm, gloomy nights, after hot days ; and when you 

 angle this way, let out your line to be but a little 

 longer than the rod. You may hear the fish rise as in 

 the day time, and feel them when they take." 



