VI 



THE BEST TROUT INSECTS FOR JUNE 



After a glance at the page of insects for June 

 it will be observed that drakes and spinners largely 

 predominate over the duns. The duns are hatch- 

 ing very numerously, but the major part are quite 

 small in size and not useful for imitation. In both 

 April and May we see many more duns than 

 drakes ; but as the weather gets hotter the duns are 

 still more scarce. 



Many and varied are the drakes, as to both color 

 and size, that are hatching and being taken by the 

 fish in the morning hours, then again at evening, 

 just before sunset, till dark, and throughout the 

 night. 



As the vital heat of the sun keeps increasing, so 

 do the flies increase in abundance and variety. 

 None is quite so large as the green drake of last 

 month, but the average size is larger than the av- 

 erage for May. 



Throughout May the fish are very ravenous; 

 they become fat on the big stone-fly, green drake, 

 shad-fly and other fair-sized insects; and thus it is 



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