LOCH OR LAKE FISHING. Ill 



by employing local boys, who seem quite 

 satisfied with a shilling or two, and they 

 are always on the alert when anglers are 

 about, especially in the May fly and stone- 

 fly season. 



" May flies," the " Drakes " of Ireland, 

 "stone-flies," " daddy-long-legs," and " blue- 

 bottles" work wonders by means of the 

 blow-line proving most deadly. Being of 

 a very delicate nature, however, they need 

 to be carefully and judiciously handled. 

 The yellow drake and the grey drake seem 

 particularly attractive, and beyond doubt 

 account for some heavy baskets of fish. 



While these flies are on the hatch it is 

 simply a waste of time trying any other 

 lure. Other insects may be gathered in 

 the shallow water of lochs or out of any 

 small rivulets flowing into the same, and 

 are to be manipulated in a similar way. 

 The natural flies that abound in the loch 

 may be used successfully throughout the 

 season, 



