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female is near an inch and a quarter ; length near or about 
seven-eighths; feelers and whisks, three-eighths; wings, one 
inch ; the hind legs, which are the longest, are fully five- 
eighths ; the diameter across the belly is near one-eighth 
and one-sixteenth, and full that at the shoulders, where the 
wings are set on. The foundation color is orange or yel- 
low, darkened on the upper and prominent parts with 
brown ; the forehead, top and sides of shoulders, a dark 
tortoise-shell mixture of orange and brown ; body, yellow ; 
each joint uniformly marked at the top and sides with 
brown ; throat, breast, and belly, dull yellow, with faint 
touches of brown; legs, feelers, and whisks, a lightish 
brown and dim transparency. Top wings, when closed, 
shew veiny, of a brown grizzly hue and horny shine ; when 
looked through to the light, are a dim transparency of a 
light brown tinge, shewing the dark veins ; eyes, dark. 
She is imitated with brown bear’s hair and yellow cam- 
let. Body, yellow camlet, with eight or nine open rounds 
of dark brown floss silk, or camlet thread, warped over it ; 
head and shoulders yellow camlet, darkened on the upper 
parts, etc., with the brown bear’s hair ; wings selected from 
the feather of a wild drake, partridge, or hen pheasant ; 
legged with hair or a stiff hen hackle. 
sport than fishing with it in its natural state; the very finest tackle must be 
employed ; I prefer myself two small fly hooks tied a little above one another, at the 
end of about three yards of fine drawn gut, but some anglers employ a larger hook, 
having a stiff bristle tied in with it, and projecting at the top to keep the fly in its 
place; the angler must wade carefully up stream, casting his fly with precision 
behind stones or any other obstruction in the water, letting it float naturally round 
eddies so caused, or down the edge of rough streams, in fact wherever there is the 
chance of a trout being on the watch; in some parts of Yorkshire it is called the 
‘“May Fly,” causing no little confusion, as in other districts that title is awarded to 
the “Green Drake,” but as the latter is seldom on the water until June, I consider 
it is more appropriate when applied to the “‘Stone Fly.” The creeper or larva of 
this insect appears in April, and is equally as deadly a bait as the fly itself, especially 
if the water be low and clear; the same tackle as is used for the fiy will do for 
creeper fishing, but in rough streams a single split shot should be added, as the fish 
take this bait below the surface; the angler must wade up stream, and cast his line 
very carefully, otherwise the creepers, being exceedingly tender, his bait will want 
renewing at almost every cast, and he will find it to his advantage not to neglect 
the thin open water at the head and edges of the streams, 
