52 FLOATING FLIES 



of various ephemera in the sub-imago or dun 

 stage, and when the fish are feeding upon the 

 natural fly these are apt to prove exceedingly 

 successful. 



The green and brown May fly patterns are 

 representative of the corresponding Ephem- 

 eridae, and their usefulness upon streams when 

 and where the May fly is abundant is suffici- 

 ently obvious. The Caddis flies in the nomen- 

 clature of the dry fly are known as " sedges "; 

 the silver sedge and brown sedge belong to this 

 class. The spent gnat pattern represents the 

 female May fly which, having voided her eggs 

 upon the water, thereafter falls upon the sur- 

 face of the stream practically lifeless and with 

 wings flat and outstretched. The spent gnat, 

 accordingly, is dressed with horizontal, not 

 erect, wings. 



For carrying eyed-flies various fly-boxes are 

 furnished by the tackle dealers. The method 

 of holding the flies is usually by means of a 

 metal clip, although some boxes have several 

 small compartments with transparent (cellu- 

 loid) covers, and others have cork strips into 

 which the fly may be fastened. The last sort 

 is the least satisfactory. As a rule, in the 

 ordinary form of eyed fly box the metal 

 clips are set very closely together, and it is 



