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caddis-fly. It appears in April, and is found 

 until July. It kills best on warm,, cloudy, windy 

 days, and the best time for using it is in the morn- 

 ing and evening. The live fly is an excellent 

 one for dibbing. 



Mr. Eonalds describes and dresses this import- 

 ant fly well. "It comes," he says, "from a 

 water larva. It is heavy in its flight, but uses 

 its legs with extreme activity, and is generally 

 found amongst the stones, or close to the sides of 

 the water. I have kept an individual alive for 

 three weeks, during which time it drank much 

 water. It is in season from the beginning of 

 April until the end of May, and should be used 

 in the rapid parts of streams, and on windy days 

 when the water is rough. Imitation : Body, fur 

 of hare's ear mixed with yellow worsted or camlet 

 ribbed over with yellow silk, leaving most yellow 

 at the tail ; tail, a mottled strand or two of a 

 partridge feather ; wings, feather from the phea- 

 sant's wing ; legs, a hackle stained greenish- 

 brown ; horns, two rabbit's whiskers." This 

 imitation would be very good if the yellow 

 worsted or camlet were left out, and use made 

 only of the blackest and brownest fur of the 

 hare's ear* The ribbing as directed with yellow 

 silk will render the body alternately and spirally 

 dark and yellow. 



Golden dun midge. Body, olive floss silk ribbed 

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