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fly when stationary, either when leaving its case or 

 when drying its wings — not when it is scuttling about 

 on surface of the water. It is probably Phryganea 

 grandis or P. striata." 



" There are very many of the Trichoptera to be 

 found on lakes, and all are more or less taken by 

 trout. A small clear-winged sedge that comes out 

 early in the afternoons of July is taken well." 



"Welshman's button {Sericostoma personatum McL.). 

 I have killed with hackle pattern of it dressed with 

 peacock herl body and land-rail hackle. It is well 

 worth trying on a fish picking about amongst drakes, 

 but not taking them." 



"Alder (Sialis lutarta) comes on in May and June, 

 but the drakes kill better." 



" Ccenis halterata, a small white dun, comes on very 

 thickly on calm evenings towards the end of June, 

 and the trout sometimes take it well, but the artificial 

 requires such a small hook that you lose most of the 

 fish hooked." 



" The daddy-longlegs are sometimes blown off from 

 the land in large numbers, but I have not seen trout 

 rise to them, except to a bunch of them when dapped." 



" I have seen wonderful rises to red or brown ant 

 when a swarm of these insects gets on the water, but 

 I am not sure that it was all at the ant ; it looked 

 more as if perch fry had followed the ant out when 

 blown off shore, and as if the trout were feeding on 

 the perch fry." 



" The mayfly has for several years past had a very 



