The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-18

, surance trust. and were told to name | this child,' I would give it the name | by which the larva of the heilgram-
 mite is known to many people in Rhode i Island feeling assured from its past | performances it would live up to it's ! new name in the future. You may now
 have two guesses as to what name | | have adopted for the larva of the heil- | srammite.
 The larvae live under stones in the | beds of streams, they are most . Sburd- ant where the water flows sv iftest.
 They are carnivorous feeding upon the nymphs of stone flies, May flies and
 other insects.
 When about years and II months
 old the larva leaves the water
 and makes a cell under stone or some
 other object on or near the bank of the
 stream. This occurs during the early
 part of summer; here the larva changes
 tc pupa. In about a month after the
 larva leaves the water the acult in-
 sect appears The eggs are soon laid,
 these are attached to stones o' other
 objects overhanging the water. They
 are laid in blotch like masses. which
 are chalky white in color and measure
 from half an inch to nearly an inch
 in diameter
 A single mass contains from cO00 to
 5000 eggs. When the larvae hatch they
 al once find their way into the water,
 where they remain until full grown. Neither Colonel Rushton noriI coul1 tell from their appearance what was the age of the hell devils he had, but he said they made fine bait, because they were tough and did not come off the hook easily. l. therefore include
 they were not young and tender. Ttis bait is plentiful in the streams around Birmingham.
 Colonel Rushton said that he and Frank went over to the river son.e- time ago and in about an hour caught about 100 bream. it being the first time il. his experience that he caught fish as fast as a negro helper could take them off the hook and rebait it He said further that his son and two grandsons. with a couple of friends, had on the same stream in ar after noon caught an average of 100 1sn apiece. Birmingham is a great place. l | have no doubt that when sportsmen learn of the fine fishing to be mad in this section they will come here from all over the United States, ard certainly they will not be disappointed. | for I have a friend who has fished, for | sport, all over this continent and in many of the famous streams in Europe, and nowhere had he had greater sport 1 than among the trout in the streams of 1 Jefferson county. He may have said l bass instead of trout. I believe there  | is some question as to when bass Is | a trout or when a trout Is not I trout, but the fish he referred to were game | fish, and he is a sportsman and not a | fisher for gain, as was the fisherman i met at Punta Gorda, Fla, who told
 me that frequently he had caught in
 one night 4000 to 5000 mullet in a gill l net.
 1 The hellgrammites will soor begin l to fly and many Birminghamme will perhaps recognize for the first lime an old acquaintance under q new name when they observe the numberiess big 1 insects which. when I first saw them, were called electric light bugs, flying | around the street lights and falling to 1 the ground in quantities.
 | I could tell some more fish stories | but this must suffice for this tir'e | Yours truly, JAMES H. HARD. | Lacking the Final Touch
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