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THE FLY FISHER'S GUIDE. 



MOTHS, FOR NIGHT FISHING. 



Although angling by night has a close affinity 

 to poaching, and, as such, is beneath the notice 

 of a gentleman ; yet, as in extreme droughts 

 during the summer months it may be difficult to 

 procure a dish of fine fish, however urgent the 

 necessity, and as this method is decidedly more 

 sportsman-like than the use of the net, a descrip- 

 tion of the two baits most likely to succeed is 

 subjoined, for the benefit of such persons as may 

 choose, for the sake of a dish of fish, to expose 

 themselves to the heavy dew of a summer's 

 night. 



The wings of the White Moth are made from 

 the feather of a white owl ; the body of white 

 ostrich harl, and a white cock's hackle over it. 

 If a gentle be added, the success will be more 

 certain. 



