AMERICAN TROUT-STREAM INSECTS 



both have shoulders of brownish pink. They are 

 smaller in size than the May drake, but their ac- 

 tions in flight and at rest are quite similar. 



The green-eye drakes are mostly evening flies, 

 not overabundant, but a very tempting bait by rea- 

 son of the repeated dips to the water, where they 

 stay, floating beautifully like a graceful vessel with 

 yellow sails, too long, alas ! for their good. How I 

 longed for an imitation of this lovely insect ! 



From sundown till dark I should use no other 

 fly from the first to the twentieth of the month. 

 Watch for a rising trout ; fish upstream, if possible, 

 and float this fly down a runway toward you. Then 

 see the instant flash of the silvery sides of a big 

 rainbow or the red spotted belly of a big native 

 trout. 



No. 3. Broadtail. So named from its thick 

 tail, which tapers down from the same thickness 

 as the body. A curious feature of this drake (and 

 some others) is that the two fore legs are raised 

 quite high from the ground, to be used as feelers. 

 The two pairs of hind legs are yellow; while the 

 fore legs are dark brown, like the body and tail, the 

 latter having nine segment markings of a silvery 

 gray. The entire under body is a dark yellowish- 

 purple, and the wings a purplish-slate color. 



This fine insect is an excellent day fly on cold or 

 wet, windy days. It was captured from a fairly 

 plentiful rise on a damp, cold day, and is therefore 



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