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SUMMER ANGLING 



Black June, same as for trout. 

 No. 3 hook. 



Cowdun, brown wings ; green- 

 ish-yellow worsted body ; brown 

 hackle. 



White Miller, body, white 

 wool and silk-ribbed gold tinsel, or 

 orange silk ; hackle, white ; wings, 

 white. 



Seth Green, body, green silk 

 ribbed with yellow silk ; wings, 

 brown (buff turkey tail) ; hackle, 

 brown. No. 3 hook. These are 

 sufficient to begin with. 



In using the fly for bass, some- 

 what similar tactics to those in 

 vogue for trout are employed. Of 

 course the thing to do first is to 

 ascertain beyond peradventure that 

 bass are present. The fly is cast 

 in precisely the same style as for 

 trout ; but it is allowed to sink 

 several inches at least under water 

 before it is d?awn back by little 

 jerks towards the caster. In deep 



