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as well to remark that, if the water be clear, with a 

 bright sun, it will be useless to fish on the still deeps 

 and slow-running streams ; but eddies, small holes, 

 and rapid running streams, are the best places to 

 fish. Should, however, a strong breeze of wind dis- 

 turb the surface of the water, the angler may pursue 

 his sport on the smoother reaches. Foster's Inter- 

 mediate will be found very effective when duns are 

 on the water. This is a copy of all the duns prior to 

 their re-appearance as spinners. It is well-known 

 that fish invariably seize sickly or maimed insects, 

 or small fry, etc., from the midst of their more lively 

 companions. The Sand fly, as its name implies, is the 

 colour of reddish sand ; it is a flat-winged fly, and is 

 very plentiful in this month and the next, and is a 

 good killer when there is no quantity of any particular 

 flies on the water. 



The Stone fly is a flat-winged fly ; the wings and 

 body are of a dark stone colour, the latter is strongly 

 marked with yellow ribs ; the legs are of a greenish 

 brown, and these it uses with extreme activity. When 

 not on the water it frequents stones and pebbles by 

 the sides of streams, on the rapid parts of which the 

 artificial should be used. Many fish are taken by 

 dibbling with the natural fly near the roots of over- 

 hanging bushes. It resembles a beetle in its flight, 

 falls very heavy on the water, and is a substantial 

 bait for large fish. On some streams it is known as 

 the May-fly, as the green drake does not appear on 

 those waters. It is a water-fly, and lasts from the 

 beginning of April to the middle of June. 



