LAKE AND RIVER FLIES 225 



Cinnamon (Corncrake) 



Hackle. From inside or outside corncrake's wing. 

 Body. Yellow silk. 



A capital fly for the summer months, especially 

 in the evening. 



Dotterel 



Hackle. From neck, breast, or wings of dot- 

 terel. 



Body. Pale yellow silk, or pale yellow ribbed 

 with light straw silk. 



This fly is unquestionably one of the best 

 night flies for the summer months, and may be 

 fished from that time to the end of the season with 

 excellent results. 



NIGHT FLIES 



It will be noticed that in the foregoing list, all 

 flies with the exception of the March brown and 

 green drake are "hackle" flies. In the Lake 

 District winged flies are but seldom used for trout 

 on streams during the day. 



The reverse is the case in night fishing, when 

 winged flies are the rule. The best feathers for 

 wings are woodcock, brown-owl, corncrake, 

 starling, and snipe. A little dubbing from a 

 hare's-lug should be inserted under the shoulder of 

 the fly. 



Stout hair is preferable to gut for the casting- 

 line, as night fishing can only be pursued when the 

 streams are low in the summer months. The ad- 

 vantage gained is that hair, however stout it may 

 be, has a greater floating capacity than gut, thus 



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