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may be used quite fresh, it is not, however, ad- 

 visable to employ them until they may have been 

 kept about ten days, or even a fortnight, in an 

 old worsted stocking, or in a woollen bag, which 

 should be dipped daily once or twice into water. 

 At the expiration of such period, the generality 

 of the caddies will have quitted their tubes, and 

 have become tough, having changed into a rich 

 yellow colour, in which state they are a very 

 alluring bait. If kept too long, they all turn to 

 various kinds of water-flies. In applying this 

 bait, the point of the hook should enter close 

 under the head, and be brought out at its other 

 end if two are used. When a very small hook is 

 used one caddis may answer, and then the hook 

 must not be brought out at its end, but the point 

 must rest just inside the end of the bait. In 

 general two will be found best ; it being indis- 

 pensably necessary to cover every part of the 

 hook. In the latter case the first caddis should 

 be carried round, so as to conceal all the shank, 

 while the other fills the bend, and conceals the 

 point. Caddies are in season only during the 

 summer months ; they generally make their first 

 appearance in May, and by the end of June are 

 most numerous." I think the best straw-baits 

 are to be found under stones in running streams. 

 Mr. Blaine, after examining several authorities 

 respecting the merits or demerits of this bait, 



