CONTENTS 



PART I 

 AMERICAN TROUT-STREAM INSECTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



Preface vii 



Introductory Note xv 



I Why It Is Best to Copy Nature .... 1 



II System and Classification 5 



III The Artificial Fly of Commerce . . . . 13 



IV Trout Flies in April — ^When Insects First 



Appear 18 



V Trout Insects for May 35 



VI The Best Trout Insects for June ... 52 



VII Typical Insects of July 66 



VIII Some Trout Insects for August .... 77 



IX Six Best Flies for Each Month .... 87 



X Concerning My Artificial Imitations . . 97 



XI New Names for Flies 101 



XII The Making op an Artificial Fly . . . 104 



XIII A Test of the New Flies 124 



