BLACK CATERPILLAR, &C. 



a fortnight : they are bred in beds of gravel by 

 the water-side, where you may find them in 

 bunches engendering, to prepare for their pro- 

 duction the next year : in cold and stormy 

 clays they hide themselves in the gravel, not 

 >eing able to endure cold. You may fish with 

 it from sun-rise till sun-set ; being a very kill- 

 ing fly, too much cannot be said in its praise. 

 The wings are made from a woodcock's feather, 

 out of the but of the wing ; the body of lead- 

 coloured silk, with a black cock's hackle wrapt 

 twice or thrice under the wings. This Jiy can~ 

 not be made too fine. The hook, No. 8 or 9, 



THE BLACK CATERPILLAR, 



Comes on about the beginning of May, and 

 continues on about a fortnight, and is to be 

 iished with after hot sun-shiny mornings ; if 

 winds and clouds appear, they then grow weak 

 for want of the sun, and fall upon the waters in 

 great quantities. The wings are made from a 

 feather out of a jay's wing, the body of an 

 ostrich's feather, which is preferable to the 

 plover's and fine black cock's hackle wrapt over 

 the body. It is a very killing fly in small brooks. 

 The hook, No. 7. 



THE LITTLE IRON.&LUE FLY t 



Comes on about the seventh of May, an*i 

 continues on till the middle of June. In cold 

 stormy days they come down the waters in great 

 quantities, but in warm days there are but few 

 to be seen. As it swims down the water, its 

 wings stand upright on its back ; its tail is 

 forked, and the colour of its wing : it is a neat 



