LAKE AND RIVER FLIES 223 



Starling Bloa (Light Starling) 



Hackle. From inside starling's wing. 



Body. Yellow silk. 



This fly, like the Snipe Bloa, should be fished the 

 entire season ; it is pre-eminently one of our best 

 flies. From May this fly should be dressed as 

 follows. Take a feather with a creamy tip, wax 

 the yellow silk slightly, and rib the body with 

 pale straw. On a dark, dull " fishy " day this fly 

 is invaluable. 



May Fly 



The May Fly also known as the Stone Fly and 

 Creeper appears on the streams about the middle 

 of May and lasts some three or four weeks. 

 The invariable rule in the district is to fish the 

 natural fly the female for preference. It is gener- 

 ally fished on two hooks, size No. 4 (Kendal-bend), 

 the head of the fly pointing towards the rod top. 

 A fine gut line of 10 or 12 feet should be used, 

 and when the water is low, the method of fishing 

 should always be up stream. Generally speaking, 

 the lower the water the better the basket will 

 turn out. 



Willow Fly (Golden Plover) 



Hackle. From neck or breast of golden plover. 



Body. Light golden yellow. 



This beautiful fly appears about the middle of 

 May and lasts for about six weeks. Trout take it 

 with avidity. When fish are rising at this, the 

 cast should have on two flies, one at the top, 

 one at the bottom. 



