VIII 



SOME TROUT INSECTS FOR AUGUST 



In most States of the temperate zone the trout 

 season closes at the end of August. Some States 

 have the close season at the end of July; in Con- 

 necticut it closes at the end of June. In all States 

 the tendency is toward shortening instead of pro- 

 longing the season. This is a wise procedure, con- 

 sidering that the number of fishermen is more likely 

 to grow than lessen. 



I deem it best, therefore, to conclude with a list 

 of flies for August, as it would serve no good pur- 

 pose to include a page for September; though I 

 believe that aquatic insects increase rather than di- 

 minish as the fall commences and hot weather 

 abates. 



In the temperate zone September finds most of 

 the large female trout big with spawn, lying con- 

 gregated at the mouths of brooks and springs of 

 cold water, waiting for floods to carry them up to 

 the breeding places. They are then in poor condi- 

 tion and unfortunately very easy to capture, and 

 they are taken too often by unscrupulous natives, 



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