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according to the quality of the year ; but never well taken 

 till towards the end of this month, and the beginning of 

 June. The Stone-fly l comes much sooner, so early as the 



middle of April ; but 

 is never well taken till 

 towards the middle of 

 May, and continues to 

 kill much longer than 

 the Green-drake stays 

 with us, so long as 



Stone-fly. Artificial. Natural. to the end almost of 



June; and indeed, so long as there are any of them to be seen 

 upon the water : and sometimes in an artificial fly, and late 

 at night, or before sunrise in a morning, longer. 



Now both these flies, and, I believe, many others, though 

 I think not all, are certainly and demonstratively bred in 

 the very rivers where they are taken : our Cadis or Cod- 

 bait, which lie under 

 stones in the bottom 

 of the water, most of 

 them turning into 

 those two flies, 2 and 

 being gathered in the 

 husk, or crust, near 



Caddis Worms (or Hough-coats) in various cases, the time of their ma- 

 turity, are very easily known and distinguished; and are of all 

 other the most remarkable, both for their size, as being of all 



1 The Stone-fly (also called Caddis-fly), is mentioned by Walton (at p. 285), 

 and repeatedly by Cotton, as will be seen by the Index. Hofland says it 

 appears in April, and is a good fly in May and June, especially in windy 

 weather, very early in the morning, or very late in the evening. It varies 

 very much in colour according to the season. As it is an universal favou- 

 rite, every treatise on fly-fishing gives directions how to make it varying 

 somewhat. We follow Hofland's : Body, fur of the hare's ear, mixed 

 with brown and yellow mohair, and ribbed with yellow silk. The yellow 

 colour towards the tail. To be dressed long and full. -Legs, a brownish 

 red hackle. Wings, the dark feather of the mallard's wing, inclining to 

 red. Tail, two or three fibres of the mottled feather of a partridge. Hook, 

 No. 6. See "Hofland," p. 223. ED. 



2 This is a mistake. The stone-fly (Phrygania) alone is from the cadis- 

 worm. The green-drake (Ephemera) being from a grub that feeds, indeed, 

 under water, not in an artificial case like the other, but in a hole dug in 

 the bank, or under the shelter of loose weeds. RENNIE. 



