102 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
Trout take the stone-fly best wxder water, and close t & 
the edges of the stream or pool, even under hollo 
banks, if the fly can be got there. This point is laid | 
much stress on by Border anglers, and with good reaso | 
inasmuch as the natural spots to find the fly are close te 
the banks, from which they are washed; and it is here 
consequently that the Trout come to look for them. 
dark full water is more favourable for the effective use 
of the stone-fly than one that is low and clear; but in 
both states good baskets may be made with it. The flies 
should be collected in a box the night or early morning « 
before they are to be used; the best places for finding 
them being under the stones above, but near the water’s 
edge; and where most cast-off shells are seen, the fly 
will probably be found to be most numerous. 
The season for stone-fly fishing begins about the 
middle of May, and ends about the middle of June. 
BLOW-LINE FISHING WITH THE MAY-FLY. 
Besides the fishing above described the only really 
effective method of using the natural fly for Trout is 
with the “blow-line ;’ and the place to see blow-line 
fishing is in the Lakes of Westmeath. Indeed, this 
beautiful chain of waters seems to be the natural habitat 
of the art. Each lake in its turn, as the fly appears on 
it, becomes for a few days a centre of attraction to the 
angling community, and many a boat which, as Pat 
