SOME TROUT INSECTS FOR AUGUST 



sects and consequently it is poor for fly-fishing, even 

 in the higher altitudes. Overgorged with an abun- 

 dance of food, the water's temperature so warm in 

 shallow places as to drive the fish to the bottom of 

 deep pools, in addition the summer's constant 

 whipping over the water by many anglers, what big 

 trout are left have been hooked hundreds of times, 

 perhaps have been played time and time again, only 

 to get free. 



It is no wonder that trout are then extremely 

 wise and cautious. Very few trout did I land dur- 

 ing August. They would rise to the fly once; but 

 many a time that first rise was a miss, and no 

 amount of coaxing with a change of flies would in- 

 duce them to rise a second time. They would come 

 up to examine the artificial, then go back to deep 

 water. They knew the artificial and let it alone. 

 The only time when they got hooked and I landed 

 them was between dusk and dark, and that was the 

 only time I saw them feeding on insects. 



It is noticeable that drakes predominate in this 

 month, as they do in July, though they are smaller 

 in size — with the exception of the black dose. They 

 are very similar in form and color to the six exam- 

 ples pictured for July. I caught no browns or 

 stone-flies, but saw at evening isolated specimens 

 of a large size flying high in the air over the water. 

 I saw only one species of the dun class and that was 

 quite plentiful. No large spinners appeared, 



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