The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-22
THE FLY TYER'S MODELS.
INSECTS after WIZ CHI TROUT LURES
Ara FASHIONED.

| Inc HSnlnS season IOr trout and kin red nsh
having ended the angler should now turn his
attention to getting ready for next year. The
old and experienced angler knows only TOO well
: that forgetiulness is the weakness Of all men
! He knows from sad experience that IL he puts
! of until next spring the work OF preparation he
will by that time have forgotten Just what flea took
| we'll and were successful certain rivers and
lakes, what natural flies and moths OF which he
had no counterfeits lowered over certain iavorite
pools and waters, and many other little details
with which he had charged his mind. While
all this information Is fresh in his memory no
gives his order to his fly ,yer and sends his rods
| TO be renovated and done up.
II rods are left untouched throughout the winter
they are apt to be to a great extent useless by
next season. as the dry heat Of the house seems to
| get into the wood. particularly with bamboo
rods, and TO take all tho life or spring out Of
| IT, IL Is seldom that rough canoe trip leaves
a rod with the varnish intact and the old angler
has this attended 10 now, TO prevent future
| results Not so with the new and careless angler.
He slams his rods down anywhere. pitches his
fly book into q drawer and when spring comes
he fnds his rod almost useless. and his hies,--
we'll tho moths have had grand feast all winter.
There arc many old anglers, and the number
is increasing fast who tie most Of their own nies
and being keen observers while fishing, they gain
| q little knowledge Of entomology by noticing the
flies and moths that live In, on and around the
fishing waters. This knowledge is most valuable
| TO an angler and often tells him several days
ahead Just what natural flies will be out. The
principal flies which tho angler relies upon arc
those born OF the water. The most useful of these
for fishing are divided into two great ORDERS viz:
the Neuroptera, nerve winged-thcse the
flies which have smooth wings, reined TO and
fro like the brakes the stone and older fies-and
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latter are the sand flies cinnamons and silver
horns. There are enormous numbers OF these
flies. several hundred having been discovered.
Tho wings are soft and somewhat In
appearance like those OF the moth. They
are not upright like those Of tho brakes
or duns, nor fiat like those Of the stone fly
but como up TO an angler, somewhat like the roof
Of a house: as II Is termed, they are DETECTED.
Among the first order mentioned are the Epheme-
rec, the May flies, duns and spinners. Tho second
order includes the family OF Phryg anide. These
two families are the ones upon which the main
hopes Of the angler based, some of tho
species Of one or the other both arc sure to be
found upon the water II there are any flies at all
Much confusion prevails among the anglers
as TO which Is which and their history although.
as said before, observant anglers have sone idea
OF them. Ono great error is that the May flies
or brakes come from the caddis or grubs
found at the bottoms Of rivers and according
to the pentifuness or scarcity Of these, so they
estimate the number Of the May flies in the season.
This Is a great mistake they are OF dfcrens
families. tho May fly belonging 10 the Fphemern.
and the caddis stone fly. belonging to the Phry-
ganidn. An abundance Of case grubs at the bottom
of river simply foretells an abundance of sand
flies, cinnamon flies and other flies of that class.
The May fly goes through many changes
and appears in so many different FORMS all OF
which are counterfeiied by the fly tyer that few,
even among experienced anglers realize that il is
the same insect The egE Of the infcc, is dropped
in the water and finds its way to the bottom. where
i awaits the period of Matching. When Matched,
siH legs and extremely strong hook shaped man
s be m | bc eoh ere tho
the sides OF the larva is series of small famen-
ttary appendaGes serving as fms, and by aid of
water; these arc somewhat akin to the fiamcnts
or ringcs Of which the gills Of fishes composed
the oxygen necessary for the larva's existence.
This disposes Of another Of the angler, viz.
of the May fly have been drowned and that this is
the explanation Of bad year for Il es The process
eadds y ones T but the Nay ~ S is always sfs
selves holes in the bed OF banks Of the rivers or
reside under stones &c, so as to be safe from tho
swept away and crushed by any flood or freshet
After time the arys rye. changes into pup1; tho
ton has, nevertheless, taken place Hitherto tho
creature has possessed no sign of wings; chang
ing into the prpa state, il throws off its skin and
another is developed, and on the shoulders seen
two eXcrescences; which are the rudments Of
future wings The pupa, like the salt water crab.
is much larger in it's new shell than it was in It's
old one In this state they seldom seen, Il be-
ing common thing for anglers to capture the
pupa. never The Time which the insect as larva
and pupa dwells under water varies N the different
species: it is supposed 10 be from to three years
AtlenPth the insect approaches TO the change into
the fly state when il rises 20 the surface creeps
to the bank, and there, splitting oil another case
it is not perfect insect is colors dim and dull
It's motions heavy, it dwclls much on the surface Of
the water, and is on easy and welcome prey 10 tho
plete insect. and is termed the pseud-imaGo, or
drake, and in the smaller species the dun Of the
angler After shor; time, the fly throws OF
larger brighter in color, with TAIL greatly elon-
gated, stronger and far more active The green
drake has now W, become the gr drake Of the an,
eggs upon the water to the number OF several hun
dreds. and dies
The observing angler knows that the green
drake always appeaT first, and that soon he Ray
use of the gr drake only: in smaller species hs
The Phryganidr go through much the sams
spring from the pupa state into the perfect fly or
image at once, not having 20 pass the false image
phase Of existence When the eggs of this family
are Matched they generally take The form OF n
little soft grub, resembling ,maggot in eplear-
ance, with hard horny head, and with six itct
upon the thorax In this form the grub proceeds
by a kind OF gluten il possesses 10 form for itself
a.dwelling, and attaches to itself small fragments
OF stick, sand, stone and shells until it has con.
stIncted small rough, hard tubulsr casc within
which II can hide One end Of the case is left
open. and from this tho animal AT times when IL
desires 20 shift lis Position protrudCs lis head ard
ieet, and travels along, dragging the case after Il.
In some species the other end is only Tsr'SlIv
closed, leaving a small mir hole, which tulhls
curious purpose in insect economy tits in the power
Of the larya 10 rinse itself 10 the surface Of ihr wAc'
Dy Secrchng within the l.rnd Of the case II small
quantity OF air sufficient To buoy M the weight,
itself and lis hnbnton, and by this means il may
oi'en be seen hanging, as il were. from the sur
Taco OF the water, apparently basking with It's tai
upward; nut At the least alarm or the 81 gh'cs'
touch, the air bubble IL expelled through the sr,s
hole ana the Creature drors al 10 the notion.
" hen Il is about TO change 10 the p,Ipa form thc
arva closes up the tube and thus in sort Of cocoon
becomes pupn Wien Hbout to change into
The image some oil the species tear Open the ClJ sod
up entrance ara crawl 20 The hank Of the f.ycT