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PISCATORIAL PROLUSIONS. 
Ur THE 11 AMP-HIKE FX.T-FISUKB. 
’ ENTOMOLOU Y.-— Til II CULICK8. 
There remain yet two other classes of Flics, or rather winged 
insects, to bo noticed briefly,— the Culiccs or Gnats, and 
tho PhalOMUO or Moths. And, to my poor thinking, Fly- 
lishers have hardly pnid sufficient uttontion to thorn ; at all 
events, it is a matter of regret that our knowledge of them and 
their real piscatorial merits arc but very imperfectly under- 
stood. I freely confess my own ignorance, and shall bo most 
grateful, especially with regard to tho last mentioned, if my 
friend X. V. Z., who has, I believe, judging from his own 
communications, mode this branch of Entomology his more 
particular study, would givo to the Fishing world the 
benefit of his observations and researches. With regard to 
(.nuts, there is no one who has waudered by the side of a 
river, especially at tho close of a hot dry day. and after 
rain, but has seen clouds of insects, (uyo, and felt their 
Slings too), some so minute as to be hardly distinguishable 
in shape and colour, others varying in size, and some ot a 
certain magnitude, hovering over the water, and fish 
rising rapidly and greedily at something, which it is quite 
evident tliev highly relish, inasmuch as they sutler the 
larger flies to float by apparently unnoticed. It, too, the 
stomach of a Trout be dissected, tho various substunccs 
which have supplied him food will bo found packed ns it 
wore in separate layers, and it is easy to distinguish tho 
moltuscce and Crustacea which lie has found at the bottom 
of tho liver, and which seem to have supplied a sort of piece 
,L resistance, as Monsieur Soyer would term it, from the 
lighter dainties of Flies and Gnats, which take the plucc of 
“ entremets’’ and u hors d'ccuvrcs" It would seem, therefore, 
to be evident that the Sulmonidm, though in some respects 
more universal feeder# than tho Pike, or, indeed, almost every 
other fish, reference being had to the variety of their food, 
lire by no moans indiscriminate in their appetite. The result 
is, that, however veracious they may he, it is useless to tempt 
them with any bait except that which is the subject of their 
particular predilection at the moment. Nothing is more 
common than to see Trout and Grayling routing 
almost like 
pigs among tho flouting weeds, and evidently feeding 
greedily on something which they find there close to the 
surface, and even with their dorsal fins nbovo the water; 
and yet at such times there is no moro chance of inducing 
them to take the fly than if they were lying perfectly inert 
on the bottom. Again, when the tiny insect which is known 
to mo t of us as the Fisherman’s Banc makes its appearance 
iu its gorgeous golden vest, who is there but has felt it a 
hopeless task to flog the water, notwithstanding tho Trout 
are rising fast nnd furious? Tho smallest fly that human 
fingers can put together is a monster compared to the living 
prototype; while, on the other hand, tho hook on which this 
is dressed is so small, that even if a fish were tempted to 
rise, it is next to an impossibility to hook him. Still, though 
it may be admitted that tho difficulty which exists under 
such circumstances is almost insuperable, something is to 
be done even hero. 1 1 does no! follow, because fish are rising, 
and yet refuso tho ordinary insect, that they are necessarily 
regaling themselves on these tiny gentlemen. There must 
be, there arc indeed, vast numbers of insects unknown to us, 
or which have at least hitherto passed unnoticed by fisher- 
men, but which admit of imitation, and may bo brought 
into actual u»e. A friend of mine, last summer, wrote me 
word that ho had been out evening alter evening, tantalised 
by seeing the water almost alive with fly and fish, and yet 
failing to capture more than one or two, notwithstanding 
ho tried every variety of fly he could imagine. Coining 
towards home, an insect, u sort of gnat, lighted on his face, 
which he caught and copied. 1 need not say it was some- 
thing which he hud not seen, or, at ull events, observed 
before. The next evening lie brought to basket either four 
or five brace with this very fly. Two or three evenings 
afterwards ho triod it again, nnd its charm was gone. I 
give this as a mere instance within my own knowledge, 
and doubtless there are few of iny readers but have expo- 
li-ncrd something of the same kind. Wliat then ? Why, 
ill the first place, it is something to know that wo are igno- 
rant. As far as animated nature goes, it is very much our 
own fault if wo remain so. If Trout Fishers would only 
make a point of collecting and copying tho insects they 
see by the water-side and elsewhere, wo could not fail of 
arriving at a very widoaud profitable extension of our scientific 
acquirements. I question, indeed, if any ono object would 
be utterly useless; and as to the time and way of making it 
useful, for that we must rely upon experience. Tho science 
of Fly-fishing is pre-eminently empirical. 1 fear my readers 
will think mo dreadfully prosy when the sum ami substance 
ofwhut 1 have been writing is lo 6ay pretty much that 1 
know nothing of my subject. But I shall at least have 
done something if this shall lmvo stimulated the inquiring 
natures of others. As it is, I know of no Gnat, properly 
speaking, that lias found its way into our piscatorial ento- 
mology. The Black Gnat, as it is commonly called, is not 
a “ Culox” at all. Chevalier’s Red Gnat is the common 
lied Spinner ; and the Quill Gnat nothing moro than 
the Carshalton Cocktail, or a variety of the Perennial Fly. 
Blaine, indeed, enumerates the common little Blue Gnat 
(Culcx pipiens) among his flic*, hut he is tho only one, 
among writers on the subject, by whom 1 find it mentioned. 
.N't arLhelewi, for iny own part, I have always with me 
varieties of very small flies— bines, yellows, browns, and 
clarets, dresaed by Fallow, and certainly the perfection 
of art, so fur as their fabric is concerned, and I find them 
li-c ftrih; but, as I said before, the difficulty is to hook them. 
The Phulaense, or Moths, are principally useful for Night 
Fithiog. A> I said before, our practical knowledge of those 
is very limited. Beyond a white moth, a mealy-coloured 
moth, and a brown moth (the large brown Sedge Fly, as 1 
have already taken the opportunity of observing, is one of 
tho Phrygauidse or Cdddis Flits), I know of none in common 
u e, and even tbcfc are rather the creatures of imagina- 
tion than the actual and accurate imitations of any living 
thing. 
But you promised me, some reader will say, to deduce 
some practical lesson from all these hard words and pseudo- 
scientific jargon. Good friend, bo not impatient. You shall 
have it. 1 <ueurue that you know something of tho nature 
THE FI E LD. 
and habit of The Trout and Grayling ; pci-adventure some 
day I may essay something on this subject myself. Now, 
then, for two or three general rules of practice as to your 
flies, wherewith to tempt them. 
1. If fish aro rising, endeavour if possible to see what 
they are rising at, and select your imitation accordingly. 
•2. In the nbsence of any express indication whereby to 
guide you, remember the Perennial Fly is always on the 
water, nnd Hint its colour will depend very much on the 
temperature of tho day. You cannot do wrong in using 
two, if not three varieties; and as tho generality of these 
varieties in their final stage turn to Red Spinners, one of 
those is never misplaced. 
3. As the season advances, vary your cast of flies by the 
use of the Caddis Flies. These, like tho Perennial Fly, 
seem to be subject in a certain degree to atmospheric influ- 
ences. and aro brown at the beginning of the season, 
assuming a reddish and even orange tinge ns summer ad- 
vances.Qur ^ you wjU try , 0 f course, only 
under the circumstances indicated above. 
5. If you cannot rise fish with either one or the other, 
do not waste your time and wear out your tackle by flogging 
the water, but smoko the calumet of patience, or any other 
pipe you may fancy, nnd take the opportunity ot collecting 
any insect that may present itself ; and, if you have the 
materials with you, copy it on the spot. There is nothing 
in nature 60 minute or seemingly insignificant, but want, it 
rightly used, is of real and sterling value. 
To Connoisseurs in Anolxmo.— A fine jack fish, of 
the unusual weight of twenty-five pounds, which was caught 
in the Stour, at Christchurch, towards the end of last year, 
is now to be scon in a high state of preservation. Mr. Robt. 
Docwra, of the Crown Inn, Southampton, the taker of the 
fish, thinking Ids prize worthy tho keeping, placed it in the 
hands of Mr. Hart, of Christchurch, who lias restored it in 
a very beautiful manner. Having seen the fish wo can 
speak of it as a specimen rarely witnessed by the most fortu- 
nate of anglers. It may be remembered that at the time 
the catch was made it was noticed in the columns ofthe Field 
newspaper. 
Salmon Fishing.— T here has been very little angl.ng on 
tho Ness or neighbouring rivers since our last ; the nets have 
been as successful as usual. On tho Findhorn a cart-load of 
fish, taken chiefly in tho upper pools, was sent to the ice- 
house on Monday last— the produce of ono day’s fishing. 
The Forres Gazette says that grilse have made their ap- 
pearance in the Findhorn ; this is almost unprecedentedly 
early, and we see no mention of the appearance of grilse in 
any other river in Scotland. From the Brora we hoar of 
excellent sport ; Mr. Dawson has, in fact, already captured 
more fish on that stream than usually falls to tho lot of a 
first-rate angler in the course of a whole season. That gen- 
tleman has landed, with his own rod from tho Brora, 107 
salmon, the aggregate weight of which was 823 lbs. These 
were all fresh run fish, forty-nine kelts having been taken 
beside*, and returned to tlieir native element. — Inverness 
Courier. . . . 
Salmon. — H undreds of salmon have been caught this 
month in the Shannon, and at the Island point the cotmen 
net 200 to 300 in a haul of their nets. Since Inst Sunday 
week 3,000 splendid fish were taken, and mostly all sent off 
by rail to other markets. The country rivers aro literally 
alive with trout. In the south of Ireland there was never 
known such a fishing season as this. 
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“ Thence to Madam Nelly’s Dairy, hard hy the Strand. 
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