The Stone Fly. 85 



by Markham, or by Lawson for Markham, 

 from, not merely the Secrets^ but also from 

 the Treatyse and from Leonard Mascall 

 probably from Mascall and Dennys. Take, 

 for instance, from the directions for mak- 

 ing artificial flies one example, and many 

 a dish of fine trout have I killed in York- 

 shire with the fly described. 



DAME JULIANA BERNERS, 1496. 



The Stone Fly." The Stone flye, the 

 bodye of blacke wull ; and yellow under 

 the wynge, and under the tayle and the 

 wynges of the drake." 



LEONARD MASCALL, 1590. 



The Stone Fly." The body is made 

 of blacke wooll, made yellow under the 

 wynges and under the tayl, and so made 

 with the winges of the drake." 



GERVASE MARKHAM : " THE ART OF 

 ANGLING," 1614. 



" The Stone fly is made of blacke woll, 

 made yellow under the wings, and under 

 the tayle with silke, and the wings of 

 drakes downe." 



I think Dame Juliana's claim to be the 

 first to give a dressing of this most deadly 



