CHAPTER XVI 

 LAKE AND RIVER FLIES 



THE following list may be said to comprise the 

 best general flies used in the Lake District. Many 

 others might, of course, be added ; but it is thought 

 best to load the list as little as possible and the 

 flies enumerated ought to take the angler through 

 the season. 



The name by which a fly is generally known is 

 given first, the local name following in brackets, 

 e.g. " Snipe Bloa (Light Snipe)." 



The size of the hooks in the following list is that 

 of the Kendal scale, 1 the smallest hook being oo, 

 the next smallest o, then I, 2, 3, and so on. 



Snipe Bloa (Light Snipe) 



Hackle. From inside jack snipe's wing. 



Body. Yellow silk. 



This is one of the best flies for the rivers and 



1 For upwards of a century these hooks have been manu- 

 factured by the Messrs. Addlington and Hutchinson, of 

 Kendal, my native town, and their first aim has always been 

 to make hooks of the very finest quality. This spirit, exer- 

 cised over a century, has given their hooks a world-wide 

 repute. I have rarely known one oftrfeir hooks either break 

 or " straighten " under fair treatment and what this means to 

 the angler need not be stated. 



