74 ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT FISHERIES 



The flies taken on Windermere are few in 

 Flies num ber, but they are effective. 



(i) The March Brown is one of the best 

 all-round flies, and the female is more killing than 

 the male. Perhaps an exception to this is on cold, 

 dark days, when the male proves the more effective. 



(2) Next in importance to the March Brown is 

 the Orange Woodcock. This should be dressed 

 with the bright outside feather from the wing of the 

 cock, with a yellowish orange body. There is 

 another variety of this fly dressed from the pale 

 feather from the inside of the wing, and a body of 

 lighter yellow. 



(3) A third killing fly is a nondescript, dressed as 

 follows : Body, black floss silk, ribbed with gold 

 thread, two turns of blackcock's hackle. Wing, 

 the light tipped glossy black feather from the out- 

 side of a starling's wing. 



A cast of the above flies, dressed in two sizes 

 (Nos. I and 3) will kill well from the opening of 

 the season to the advent of the Green Drake. 

 When this is " on " the fish will look at scarcely 

 anything else. 



A reliable autumn cast is August Dun : Black 

 Hackle with a body of black ostrich herl ; Red 

 Hackle, with body of peacock herl. 



The following river flies, dressed on larger hooks, 

 answer fairly well on Windermere : 



Blue dun, Coch-y-bondhu, 



Dark snipe, GreenwelPs glory, 



Black Gnat, &c. 



The following are also proved flies : 



The Zulu, Claret and teal, 



White tip. 



