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AUGUST. 



FLIES. The flies of last month, with any others 

 that are on the water, selected from the list for small 

 flyfishing, will answer for this ; the larvse of insects 

 are often well taken at this part of the season. The 

 wasp grub is a successful and favourite bait with many 

 anglers, in dark water, for trout in the evenings the 

 duns and red drakes, In drought and low waters, the 

 young smelt, now growing strong, are found most nu- 

 merous in the short runs and ripples of stony streams, 

 or among stones at the sides of deeper places, where 

 they invite the angler with the fly and maggot. Trout 

 screen themselves in rough streams, and in the holes ; 

 grayling in the eddies, and hovering parts of deepish 

 streams and their falls. The ant and pismire tribes 

 continue to swarm, and fall on to the water in the day 

 time. 



MINNOW. The same as last month. 



WORM and spawn, under similar circumstances, 

 fished the same as last month. 



SEPTEMBER. 



FLIES. There are serene days of the richest beauty, 

 shed over land and water by a September sun, when 

 nature smiles on the pleasures of the angler. The 

 land flies are brisk and sportive, and the aquatics are 



