82 BAIT AND FLY FISHING. 



No. 7. This is a small fly, called by 

 fishers the dark midge, and rises in July in 

 small streams as well as in large rivers. It 

 is a short, dark fly, about a quarter of an 

 inch long, with clear, flat wings. I have 

 seen them so numerous, in their sporting, 

 pairing reels, below trees, in a mild after- 

 noon, that the water was scarcely visible 

 through them. They fly so quickly, by 

 circular crossings, up and down the stream, 

 that they completely nonplus the trout, 

 who, however, waits until two stop to pay 

 compliments, when he pays his respects to 

 them, by sending them both home to rest. 

 This fly may be imitated with a fine, short, 

 jet black feather, about an inch long, for a 

 heckle, to turn down on a No. 13 or 14 

 hook, about an eighth of an inch, which 

 makes a good imitation of the two flies 

 together. 



No. 8. This fly is also called a midge ; 

 it is the same length and colour as No. 7, 

 but flies slow, has broad dark wings, and 

 feelers turned back like those of a small 

 butterfly, which it closely resembles. This 

 may be dressed the same as No. 7. 



