SEPTEMBER. 95 



sides of stones, by the water's edge, resembling this 

 fly : round shoulders, striped light and dark brown, and 

 about the same size and colors. 



Spinner, little spinner. Out among the grass most 

 of the latter part of the day. 



House, lion, and bank flies, blue bottle, bronze beetle. 

 Out, more or less, daily. 



Several species of ear wigs out daily, three-eighths, 

 black ones, probably the most numerous ; and vast 

 numbers of dark midges, of the house fly shape, were 

 pouring out of the water, and may be found on the 

 under-sides of loose stones by the water's edge. 



NOTE. This is a good angling month, and may be 

 called the April of the later Season* Trout, grayling, 

 and smelt, are all good, although the trout may be 

 somewhat declining and the others improving. Much 

 of the summer top food of the fish, flies, insects, etc., 

 have disappeared, from the change of temperature of 

 the air, which has not affected the waters ; they are 

 full of creepers, and are turning out numbers of 

 flies daily. Many of the favorite aquatic flies of spring, 

 are in full force and numbers this month. Their shades 

 of color must be attended to, and their sizes and parts 

 natural in their imitations. The leaders for trout are 

 nearly the same as for last month : the orange and 

 needle browns, the checkwing, blue, dark, light, iron 

 blue, and coral eyed drakes, are taken as they hatch 

 and come on the waters. 



