AMERICAN TROUT-STREAM INSECTS 



The artificial can be used throughout the month 

 when the weather is warm, and at evenings under 

 any weather conditions. 



No. 7. Lemon-tail. A slight, delicate insect, 

 standing on high, mottled legs. This insect was 

 caught early in the month and is over the water at 

 all times, day and evening, and will surely prove a 

 good small fly. 



No. 8. Shiny-tail. So named from the shiny 

 appearance of tail and body. The under part of 

 the entire body is a dirty gray-yellow. The wings 

 are quite dark in tone; indeed, the insect while in 

 flight appears much darker than it really is. It is 

 a cold weather fly, more abundant during the rain 

 than at any other time. 



One of the strange features in flies of this month, 

 and, in lesser degree, those of the other months, is 

 that light-winged and -bodied insects are more in 

 evidence on the water in warm weather, and dark 

 insects are usual in cold weather or rain. 



No. 9. Chocolate. So named because the gen- 

 eral tone of the insect is that color. It is a large 

 and very fine insect, quite abundant late afternoons 

 and evenings. 



I should place the artificial of this insect first on 

 the list of June flies for dark days, wet or cold, be- 

 cause of its size and plump appearance and its habit 

 of constantly dipping to the surface after a few mo- 

 ments in the air. This insect, along with the green- 



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