APRIL, 4\ 
wax hue and transparency ; eyes, dark or black. Is alto- 
gether of a light dim ambry tinge and dim transparency. 
This fly is the produce of the codbait. They commence 
hatching this month, and are plentiful in May and June, 
and again in autumn, but are out most in the dusk of even- 
ing. There are varieties of them, some darker freckles and 
smaller size. The artificial cases of some of the codbait 
tribe have small particles of vegetable substancés mingled 
with those of stone, attached to them, which may impart a 
darker shade or freckle to the flies. The largest codbait 
creepers, when the case is covered with particles of stone 
only, produce the largest and lightest colored flies. 
They are imitated with feathers from the landrail, brown 
owl, dotterell, brown hen, etc., with tawny, coppery colored 
silks, of lighter or darker shades. 
Note For APRIL.—This genial and life-cheering month 
teems with sport for the flyfisher. Hungry trout and smelt 
in abundance, unscathed through winter and the streams 
ample, they forage and feed without fear or scruple. Any 
of the flies hitherto described that may be hatching or on 
the water, may be fished this month; the needle, dark, 
light, red, mottled, and bloa brown, with the Royal Charlie; 
the blue, brown, checkwing, iron blue, dark brown, and 
dark Drakes ; the plover, freckled, and light duns, ete. ; or 
in the language of the craft, who have handed down the 
feathers rather than the flies—the snipe bloa, inside and 
outside of woodcock, landrail, partridge tail, partridge grey, 
fox-cub, hen pheasant, partridge brown, water-hen and 
orange, plover bloa, moorcock, brown owl, etc. By those 
traditional materials the craft along the banks of the 
streams, both imitate and distinguish their flies, which are 
the finest of the aquatic tribes for small flyfisbing, and are 
all in full force hatching and breeding daily. The weather 
affects them: a fine warm time sets them all afloat; cold, 
