THE BEST TROUT INSECTS FOR JUNE 



that sport is neither so continuous nor so ample in 

 June fishing, especially after the middle of the 

 month. It becomes necessary to use greater care 

 in fishing, and to be more exact to imitate those in- 

 sects now so abundant on the wing. 



In June, trout take a noonday rest on hot days ; 

 you may now and then persuade them, but it is not 

 so easy with bright sky and low water. 



After the first week in June, 1915, all the large 

 green drakes had vanished. The last shad-fly was 

 gone by the 16th, to be replaced by extremely nu- 

 merous drakes, of a fairly good size and varied in 

 color and form. 



A peculiar feature of most of the drakes is that 

 the two fore legs are dark — generally the same 

 color as the body — while the four hind legs are light 

 in tone, mostly pale or bright yellow, and often mot- 

 tled in brown. Another very important feature is 

 that the under part of the body and tail is invariably 

 light — either yellow, green, gray or pink — no mat- 

 ter how dark the top of the body and tail may be. 

 This feature makes an exact imitation of very small 

 flies much more difficult — to wind the lower body 

 lighter than the top. The fly of commerce makes 

 no effort in that direction. A still more strange 

 feature, to be found only in the June insects, is that 

 nearly all of the drakes have vivid green eyes ; none 

 of the April or May drakes have eyes of that color. 



Four of the most beautiful June spinners are 



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