The Compleat ^Angler 



And note, that besides these above-mentioned, all the same hackles 

 and flies, the hackles only brighter, and the flies smaller, that are 

 taken in April, will also be taken this month, as also all browns and 

 duns : and now I come to my stone-fly and green-drake, which are 

 the matadores for trout and grayling, and in their season kill more 

 fish in our Derbyshire rivers than all the rest, past and to come, in 

 the whole year besides. 



But first I am to tell you, that we have four several flies which 

 contend for the title of the May-fly ; namely, 



'The Green-drake, 

 The Stone-fly, 



