80 AMERICAN FISHES. 



Between 9 and 12 o'clock, one night in the month of July, 1847, 1 

 took eleven handsome fish with a " white moth." Care should be 

 taken in the selection of your fishing ground. A position free from 

 all obstruction is indispensable, to insure either pleasure or success. 



No. 21. The "Governor." Wings — A woodcock's feather. 



Sody — A peacock's herl, tied with orange silk. 

 This is a good fly in June and July. 



No. 22. The " March Brown." — Wings — Mottled feather from a 

 partridge's tail, set upright. JBody — Light hair and red squirrel's fur, 

 mixed. Legs — a grizzled hackle. Tail Whisks — Two hairs, reddish 

 brown. 



This fly, like a great many others, is known by various names. I 

 believe that in Wales, it is called the " cob-fly." In Ireland, it is 

 called the "caughlan;" and in that country it is highly prized as a 

 superior fly. Some good anglers make the body of hare's ear and 

 yellow worsted. I have not found it to be a killing fly on Long Island, 

 although in some streams in Connecticut, it did good service in the 

 month of April. 



No. 23. The Stone-Fly. — Wings — A mottled feather of the hen 

 pheasant, or the dark gray feather of the mallard, inclined to red — to 

 be dressed rather long. Body — Dark brown fur, or the dark part of 

 a hare's ear, mixed with yellow camlet or mohair. Legs — A few laps 

 of a grizzled cock's hackle ; and in the finishing, two dark hairs are 

 frequently used for the antennas, or feelers. 



The angling history of this fly is full of interest ; but as I merely 

 propose to give a list of such flies as experience justifies me in recom- 

 mending, together with a statement of the materials, colors, &c , of 

 which they are formed, I will in this place simply refer my readers to 

 the account given by Cotton, of this fly ; but I cannot refrain from 

 expressing my unqualified dissent from the remarks in the " North 

 Country Angler," in relation to the natural history of this fly ; and it 

 is to me a matter of astonishment, that Mr. Daniel, in his great work 

 which treats on fishing, has fallen into great error in reference to the 

 stone-fly. 



