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AMERICAN FISHES. 



"Between 9 and 12 o'clock, 0113 night in the month of July, 1847, I 

 took eleven handsome fish with a " white moth." Care should be 

 taken in the selection of your fishing ground. A position free from 

 all obstruction is indispensable, to insure either pleasure or success. 



No. 21. THE "GOVERNOR." Wings A woodcock's feather. 



Body A peacock's herl, tied with orange silk. 

 This is a good fly in June and July. 



No. 22. THE " MARCH BROWN." Wings Mottled feather from a 

 partridge's tail, set upright. Body Light hair and red squirrel's fur, 

 mixed. Legs a grizzled hackle. Tail Whisks Two hairs, reddish 

 brown. 



This fly, like a great many others, is known by various names. I 

 believe that in Wales, it is called the " cob-fly." In Ireland, it is 

 called the " caughlan ;" and in that country it is highly prized as a 

 superior fly. Some good anglers make the body of hare's ear and 

 yellow worsted. I have not found it to be a killing fly on Long Island, 

 although in some streams in Connecticut, it did good service in the 

 month of April. 



No. 23. THE STONE-FLY. Wings A mottled feather of the hen 

 pheasant, or the dark gray feather of the mallard, inclined to red to 

 be dressed rather long. Body Dark brown fur, or the dark part of 

 a hare's ear, mixed with yellow camlet or mohair. Legs A few laps 

 of a grizzled cock's hackle ; and in the finishing, two dark hairs are 

 frequently used for the antennae, or feelers. 



The angling history of this fly is full of interest ; but as I merely 

 propose to give a list of such flics as experience justifies me in recom- 

 mending, together with a statement of the materials, colors, &c , of 

 which they are formed, I will in this place simply refer my readers to 

 the account given by Cotton, of this fly; but I cannot refrain from 

 expressing my unqualified dissent from the remarks in the u North 

 Country Angler," in relation to the natural history of this fly ; and it 

 is to me a matter of astonishment, that Mr. Daniel, in his great work 

 which treats on fishing, has fallen into great error in reference to the 

 stone-fly. 



