92 MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS 



one on very fine gat. Whatever other flies appear 

 on the river throughout the succeeding months of 

 July and August (nature in these months sporting 

 her summer hues in all shapes of tinted variety, 

 befooling our imbecile attempts at description or 

 imitation) still continue, all along down through 

 these months, with the same small dark flies as 

 herein stated, with only the following occasional 

 variation : Let the body of one of your pair be made 

 of a pile or herl of the peacock tail-feather, rolled 

 round very closely to form the body in place of the 

 blae fur, and with these you may succeed, less or 

 more, every breezy summer day. 



Although in salmon fishing we recommend a large 

 fly for rather a heavy or dark water, that the salmon 

 may see it from the bottom where he lies, and be 

 tempted, to rise to it, the case is completely reversed 

 in trouting, as trout do not lie on the bottom like 

 the salmon, but when fly-feeding, in muddy water, 

 swim so near the surface that a quick eye may often 

 detect their back-fins kithing above water. This 

 they do as much for respiration above the floating 

 mud as for seeking food. The smallest fly they take 

 in its season is sought by them on the surface of 

 tbe most flooded water ; and as to the fly itself, it 

 ascends to the surface in its proper time, day and 



