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The diminutive size of the natural insect and the conse- 

 quent difficulty in imitating it, is probably only one reason 

 why anglers universally lament their inability to catch trout 

 whilst the black gnat is on. As a matter of fact you may 

 try trout with anything you like but they will rarely be 

 diverted from the natural fly. The specimen here given 

 will kill as well as any other imitation and it is quite big 

 enough and sufficiently like a hackle imitation of the fly, 

 without any attempt to add the wings. 



No. 62. BLACK SNIPE. Hook O. 

 WINGS. Hackled with a Jack-Snipe's feather. 

 BODY. Dark green Peacock herl. 



This is an old Yorkshire fly, quoted in many manu- 

 scripts on angling, still in existence, although it is not 

 generally dressed. It will kill well almost all the year 

 round, and my own experience has proved that it is a 

 good general fly. 



