74? DROP FLY. 



turn to their first appearance. The willow fly is 

 tolerably numerous in August, continues so all Sep- 

 tember, and falls off as October passes. It appears 

 mostly on the water in showery windy weather, but 

 you may see many of them running about on the 

 orl bushes in the sunny days. 



THE DROP FLY. 



The only dropper we ever use, and which will take 

 fish all the season, is made with a full red cock's 

 hackle, having a jet black root for more than a 

 third of its length ; the body of black ostrich herl, 

 ribbed with silver thread, and the hackle ruffed 

 down over it between the ribs ; do not allow the 

 feather to be too rank, and always select a hook one 

 size smaller than that of your end fly ; loop it on 

 the gut bottom near a yard above your stretcher, 

 and do not use more than about three inches of 

 gut, which should be rather stout*, that it may hold 

 stiffly off the line. 



This is also a capital end fly, when the water is 

 just clearing from a flood. 



GENERAL FLIES, 



OR THOSE SUITED TO ANGLERS WHO HAVE NO OPPORTUNITY 

 OF ATTENDING TO THE SEASONS OF THE NATURAL FLIES. 



Many persons, whose avocations will only permit 

 the occasional exercise of the amusement of an- 



* Hogs' bristles answer for this purpose exceedingly well. 



