TROUT INSECTS FOR MAY 



evening, when mottled drakes are most numerous, 

 congregating in bunches, then dropping to the sur- 

 face, where they stay longer than is usual with 

 other drakes, you see the trout taking them in large 

 numbers. 



No. 5. Cinnamon. The only specimen of this 

 species caught during the month, though there are 

 quite a number, both larger and smaller in size, of 

 this caddis family. This particular insect, which 

 floats on the surface quite frequently, may be tied 

 to use by the dry fly method, casting upstream on 

 rather rough rapids. 



No. 6. Sandy. This little sand-fly is a trimly 

 built insect that flits about rocks and pebbles, very 

 active on its feet as well as on the wing. It is quite 

 abundant and evidently a favorite trout titbit. Its 

 four dark brownish-gray wings fold tightly over 

 the fat, dark-brown body. At times, especially 

 when in flight, the two horns, or feelers, are thrown 

 backward over the shoulders in line with the body. 

 Though quite at home floating on the surface, even 

 in rough water, the sandy is nevertheless most fre- 

 quently seen about the stony banks of the stream, 

 at all hours of the day except from late afternoon 

 till dusk, when it stays over the water all the time. 

 It is then — late evenings — a most effective lure. 



The English sand-fly is a fairly good representa- 

 tion of this insect. It does not appear to be pop- 

 ular with American anglers; though I feel sure 



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