May F is J ting. 1 1 5 



and afford the angler rare play. In the full tide 

 of lusty youth and vigour they are to be found in 

 all parts of the water, breasting the strong currents 

 as well as sporting in the gentle runs and eddies ; 

 and water which the angler would judiciously pass 

 over a month earlier, may now be fished with 

 success. 



An alteration on the cast is now necessary, as 

 the March browns will soon disappear, to be suc- 

 ceeded by those that are born of hotter days and 

 brighter sun. Notable among such is the sand-fly, 

 which makes its appearance about the 6th of the 

 month. At the beginning of May, it is as well to 

 substitute two sand -flies for two March browns, 

 and after the natural insect appears, gradually to 

 remove all the March browns and replace them by 

 sand-flies. About the middle of the month I would 

 recommend that two of the blaes, which have been 

 doing duty since the beginning of April, be re- 

 moved, and a green tail and a black blae substi- 

 tuted. This last fly takes splendidly in cold days 

 during both May and June, and on such days two 

 or three of them may profitably take the place of 

 the sand-flies ; but in bright sunshine this change 

 would be undesirable, for it is then that the sand- 

 fly is most effective. 



When the sand-flies have come fairly on the 

 water, which is generally about the middle of May, 



