50 THE PHRYGANIDJE. 



imitation is more or less used in these different 

 localities. * Bainbridge, Ronalds, and some other 

 writers, speak highly of its " killing" properties. 

 As the season advances the phryganidas appear 

 only in the mornings and evenings; and in the 

 height of summer, during the night only, thus 

 approximating to moths in their habits as well as 

 conformation. The grannam, which is also called 

 the green tail, from the colour of the bag of eggs 

 in the female, first appears in April, and may be 

 seen flitting, in infinite numbers, about the sides 

 of the stream, and among the bushes on its banks. 

 In warm weather during May and June, the 

 angler should be at work by sunrise, for he will 

 find the fish disposed for early breakfast on the 

 grannams and other flies which soTs first beams 

 bring into existence; and, as the summer ad- 

 vances, he may expect the fish to be more inclined 

 for their winged feast at daybreak, and in the 

 " shades of evening," than during the heat and 

 lassitude of the day. The male grannam is called 

 the hare's flax, and is not, of course, in posses- 

 sion of the green caudal appendage of the female. 



* Careful and complete instructions for dressing the 

 various flies mentioned here and elsewhere in this work, 

 and lists of the proper materials for the purpose, will be/ 

 found in subsequent chapters. 



