90 THE FLY FISHER'S GUIDE. 



No. 5 is a copy from the common wasp, in the 

 natural state, which has heen selected as being a 

 favourite with the salmon peal, mort, or gilse ; 

 and well grown fish will sometimes rise at this 

 fly in preference to any other. It is to be made 

 of -the wool of a sheep or other animal, dyed 

 yellow, and a black hackle, twisted at intervals 

 over the body \ or vice versa, of a black body 

 and yellow hackle. Wasps, bees and hornets are 

 also the favourite food of chub, at particular 

 times, and are to be employed with success, in 

 dibbing under bushes, &c. 



Previously to commencing the description of 

 the trout flies, it is necessary to state that, 

 although the greater proportion of those repre- 

 sented in the plates are common to all rivers, yet 

 the time of their appearance will vary in different 

 counties, according to the temperature of climate 

 and forwardness or otherwise of the season ; 

 correctness, therefore, in the statement of the 

 periods at which they are usually to be found, 

 cannot be attained. The angler's own observa- 



