TYPICAL INSECTS OF JULY 



eyes are black, with a yellow patch in front; the 

 thorax is brown ; and the tail has bars of brown on 

 very bright orange. 



No. 17. Orange miller. A similar-shaped mil- 

 ler, tinted a pale ochre, which I have tied, is seen 

 quite as often as the white one, and both should be 

 very effective on dark days and nights. 



The brownbottle is placed on the page more as 

 an example of that species of two-wing flies that 

 is most abundant, and it makes a pretty artificial 

 that might possibly be effective in day fishing 

 where drakes and browns fail — though I have my 

 doubts. 



While the page of July insects is not by any 

 means so good a selection as those of May and 

 June, there are at least six kinds that will surely 

 be successful in luring trout in July: Nos. 1, 2, 7, 

 9, 10, and 12 are the very best flies of the month. 

 No. 5, the small orange drake, should be held in 

 reserve as a small fly. 



It must be remembered that every one on the 

 page for each month is good, and has been most 

 carefully selected. One after the other has been 

 withdrawn, till those left and pictured represent as 

 nearly as possible a perfect selection for both day 

 and evening, and any condition of weather that may 

 happen from the beginning to the end of each 

 month. Should it occur — and it often does — that 



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