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female is near an inch and a quarter ; length near or about 

 seven-eighths; feelers and whisks, three-eighths; wings, one 

 inch; the hind legs, which are the longest, are fully five- 

 eighths ; the diameter across the belly is near one-eighth 

 and one-sixteenth, and full that at the shoulders, where the 

 wings are set on. The foundation color is orange or yel- 

 low, darkened on the upper and prominent parts with 

 brown ; the forehead, top and sides of shoulders, a dark 

 tortoise-shell mixture of orange and brown ; body, yellow ; 

 each joint uniformly marked at the top and sides with 

 brown ; throat, breast, and belly, dull yellow, with faint 

 touches of brown ; legs, feelers, and whisks, a lightish 

 brown and dim transparency. Top wings, when closed, 

 shew veiny, of a brown grizzly hue and horny shine ; when 

 looked through to the light, are a dim transparency of a 

 light brown tinge, shewing the dark veins ; eyes, dark. 



She is imitated with brown bear's hair and yellow cam- 

 let. Body, yellow camlet, with eight or nine open rounds 

 of dark brown floss siJk, or camlet thread, warped over it ; 

 head and shoulders yellow camlet, darkened on the upper 

 parts, etc., with the brown bear's hair ; wings selected from 

 the feather of a wild drake, partridge, or hen pheasant ; 

 legged with hair or a stiff hen hackle. 



sport than fishing with it in its natural state ; the very finest tackle must be 

 employed ; I prefer myself two small fly hooks tied a little above one another, at the 

 end of about three yards of fine drawn gut, but some anglers employ a larger hook, 

 having a stiff bristle tied in with it, and projecting at the top to keep the fly in its 

 place; the angler must wade carefully up stream, casting his fly with precision 

 behind stones or any other obstruction in the water, letting it float naturally round 

 eddies so caused, or down the edge of rough streams, in fact wherever there is the 

 chance of a trout being on the watch ; in some parts of Yorkshire it is called the 

 "May Fly," causing no little confusion, as in other districts that title is awarded to 

 the "Green Drake," but as the latter is seldom on the water until June, I consider 

 it is more appropriate when applied to the " Stone Fly." The creeper or larva of 

 this insect appears in April, and is equally as deadly a bait as the fly itself , especially 

 if the water be low and clear ; the same tackle as is used for the fly will do for 

 creeper fishing, but in rough streams a single split shot should be added, as the fish 

 take this bait below the surface ; the angler must wade up stream, and cast his line 

 very carefully, otherwise the creepers, being exceedingly tender, his bait will want 

 renewing at almost every cast, and he will find it to his advantage not to neglect 

 the thin open water at the head and edges of the streams. 



