DESCRIPTION TROUT-FLY PATTERNS 



"A second reason for the name is that the 

 flight occurs exactly when the beautiful white 

 woodland blossoms known as shad-blow shed 

 their white petals, to be blown by the wind on 

 the water's surface, lightly floating downstream. 



"Thirdly, the name was given because the 

 egg-sac attached to the body of the female is 

 very much like shad-roe in shape and appear- 

 ance, except in color. 



"Of course the Shad-fly appears on rivers 

 where no shad spawn or shadblow trees grow. 

 It is very beautiful in shape and color, and the 

 difference, especially in color, of male and fe- 

 male is greater than with any other insect I 

 know. 



"The male has two large and two small wings 

 of silvery transparency tinged with warm yellow, 

 that lap over the body, though they rise higher 

 above the body than in the female. The tail, 

 in seven segments, is a beautiful soft gray-green 

 color, in striking contrast to the sienna-brown 

 shoulders and long pliable legs. The head is 

 small, with shining black eyes, between which 

 grow two brown feelers or horns, moved for- 

 ward or back at will. 



"The more sedately colored female has four 

 gray-brown mottled wings that lap down just 

 over the tail. The shoulders are bronze- green 

 above, turning to purplish-black on the belly, 

 and the feet as well as the feelers, are brown, 



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