90 BAIT AND FLY FISHING. 



tiful structure the nerve stretchers crossing 

 like the most perfect net-work. While on 

 the wing, they take insects with their bat- 

 like mouth, and are just as great devourers 

 in their aerial flight as in their aquatic form. 

 There are several kinds of them, one being 

 about an inch and a quarter long, with 

 broad blue wings, which goes through the 

 same forms as that just described. The 

 large one may be imitated with a No. 2 

 hook tied on strong gimp, with wings out 

 of a turkey's brown tail feather, and for 

 body and legs a mottled side feather of a 

 brown drake, with red woollen thread. I 

 have seen fishers try two small moons from 

 a peacock's tail for wings, with a red rolling 

 feather from a cock's neck for body and 

 legs. The second one I dressed the same, 

 but a smaller hook, with two feathers from 

 the side of a jepie's wing, blue and mottled, 

 for wings; with blue worsted, and a dark 

 rolling feather or half of a blue feather from 

 a parrot, for body. 



Oh ! the beauties great of the Divine art, 

 No artisan on earth can this impart, 

 With lacy wings and thousand lensed eye, 

 Yea, none can imitate this lovely fly. 



