64 TREATISE ON FLY-FISHING. 



which may be used with success after sunset, in 

 the months of July and August It is called the 

 white moth, and has often given me sport as late 

 as ten and eleven on fine moon-light nights. 

 Choose an open place on a tranquil portion of 

 the river ; the fly may be thrown with less nicety 

 than in the day-time, and catching a fish does not 

 alarm the neighbouring fry, who will frequently 

 seize the moth immediately after the water has 

 been disturbed by the efforts of the captured 

 fish to rid itself from the hook. 



Fly-fishing for salmon is seldom pursued in 

 these counties. The fish meets with such a host 

 of formidable enemies as soon as it quits the sea, 

 that comparatively few ascend our rivers. The 

 intent of the proprietors of our fisheries appears 

 to be the annihilation of this prince of fishes. 

 The most impracticable weirs are constructed, 

 over which it is almost impossible for a fish to 

 leap ; in the pools immediately below, the rapa- 

 cious fisherman casts his net every tide ; whilst 



