VARIOUS FLIES HYMENOPTERA, &c. 65 



One has only to lie hidden from view and feed an 

 old trout with different insects, and watch the judicial 

 air with which he takes the strange ones and gently 

 tastes them, to be convinced of this fact. 



It has seemed to me that as the autumn comes on 

 green insects are much to the fore, and greenish 

 imitations are well worth trying. There are quite a 

 number of green hemiptera and aphidce, to say nothing 

 of the other families which have numerous green 

 species. 



One autumn afternoon I was wading a long reach 

 of gravel bed, and not a fish was seen rising, then a 

 sudden squall struck the trees, and immediately fish 

 were rising by hundreds. Careful watching revealed 

 the fact that on the surface of the water were thousands 

 of small green insects, as shown on figures 89 and 90. 



The angler who has his wits about him is ever on 

 the look out for what is going on around him, and is 

 quick to turn chances like that just mentioned, to 

 immediate advantage. 



I hope these remarks have justified the inclusion 

 of this plate of non-aquatic insects, although I know 

 some who may consider it unorthodox, even if not 

 savouring of quackery. 



