SPJDERS, Sic.—ARANEIDA, &c. 71 



an artificial, and finding it a success, decided to include 

 it amongst our other friends. 



Fig. 102 is a small green beetle, also found on the 

 ragwort with No. loi, and well worth imitation and 

 use. 



The ants are old favourites, and their use has been 

 advocated by almost all authors writing on artificial 

 flies, but we consider that the spiders and caterpillars 

 have not had the amount of attention bestowed upon 

 them which they deserve. 



Every windy day numbers of them must drop on 

 the water, and being fat, juicy morsels, they are imme- 

 diately seized by trout, which get weary of everlasting 

 duns, stone flies, and other aquatic insects. 



A slight rise of water, and the fish become more 

 alert in anticipation of the coming flood and conse- 

 quent feast, and one of the first indications of a rising 

 water to the observant sportsman is the floating past 

 of the dead leaves and bits of stick. Closer observa- 

 tion will also reveal a number of the wolf spiders 

 trying to make the shore, and frequent plops of rising 

 fish close to the side, suggest that their efforts have 

 only succeeded in attracting the undesirable attention 

 of their enemies. 



