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points out, the artificial in question is a copy of the 

 Arctia Caga, or Tiger Moth.* In Scotch and Irish 

 waters it is equally killing when dressed somewhat 

 larger, as it is in the well-whipped streams of England. 

 To both the salmon and trout fisher it forms a sort 

 of auxiliary in reserve, convenient in otherwise trying 

 circumstances. 



AUGUST. 



During this month the most favourable days for 

 fly-fishing are when the weather is cloudy, and the 

 water's surface is slightly ruffled by a breeze of wind. 

 As the weather usually prevailing is similar to that 

 of the month preceding, the instructions there given 

 apply equally to the present month. Upon clear 

 sunny days the fish will be found under the shade 

 of the bushes, on the sides of the banks. The Cater- 

 pillar, both as a mid-day and night fly, may be used 

 with success, seasonable weather prevailing. The 

 best evening flies are the Greentail or Grannum, 

 Golden Dun, the Spinners, and the Intermediate. 

 The last is a representation of the fluttering attitude 

 of a dun during the transformation scene, when it 

 slips from its old covering, or skin, and re-appears 

 more delicately graceful and fragile than before. The 

 fish are especially partial to the up-winged naturals 

 when in this temporary transitory stage, for which 

 there may be many reasons, the most important being 

 that the metamorphosis always, or nearly so, takes 

 place upon the top of the water, and therefore within 



* More commonly known as the Woolly Bear. 



