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fur from the mole, mixed with a little dark brown 

 mohair; and a dark grizzled hackle for legs. 



This fly may be used during the whole year, 

 early in the morning, if the wind be high, and is 

 often successful in raising salmon. 



No. 6. The Stone Fly is found near the edge 

 of shallow stony streams, and is a favourite ar- 

 ticle of food to the trout, so long as it continues 

 in season. It is hatched from a csdis^ and issues 

 from the shell before it has completely gained the 

 use of wings. The usual time of the stone fly's 

 appearance is in April ; but Salter, in his excel- 

 lent little work on Angling, gives the following 

 account of his success with this fly, at a much 

 earlier period : 



"The general opinion that it never appears 

 until the middle of April, is a mistaken one. 

 The reason that induces me to trouble you with 

 this digression is to remove the error, by stating 

 a circumstance that I have met with. On the 

 8th of March, when sitting by the side of a 

 stream to repair my line, I observed a stone fly 



