AMERICAN TROUT-STREAM INSECTS 



warm days especially. It can be played at the sur- 

 face or sunk. 



No. 10 is an evening or wet day fly, and should 

 be floated or fluttered along the surface. 



No. 12 is a small, though very abundant, spin- 

 ner; and it is useful any time, day or evening, 

 either floated or sunk. 



AUGUST 



For August, the last and least productive month 

 of the season, I select six flies, nearly all small in 

 size and very quiet in tone of color: Nos. 1, 2, 8, 9, 

 12, and 15. 



No. 1, the black dose, is a wet day fly, very plenti- 

 ful during the latter half of the month. On wet, 

 gloomy days it rises and flies slowly along in goodly 

 numbers ; and on warm evenings it is a most excel- 

 lent fly. 



No, 2 is a beautiful, though small, pink drake. 

 It is best at evening, but it is often out when the 

 day is not too warm. It should be tried in the early 

 morning before the sun is up. 



No. 8 is the sage-green ant, probably the best fly 

 of the entire month, though much depends upon the 

 period of its rise. When it does appear for a 

 period of two to five days all other flies can be laid 

 aside. The sage-green ant may be floated or sunk. 



No. 9 is a small daytime fly, sometimes very good 

 for warm days. 



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