NIGHT FLY AND BUSTARD FISHING 95 



The white bustards have a white body and black 

 head. These two colours are the general favourites, 

 but an all-red bustard is sometimes used, and this 

 is dressed from the dyed primary feather of a white 

 owl. 



The ordinary flies generally used at night are 

 Light Woodcock and Yellow, Light Snipe and 

 Yellow, Water-hen and Red, Light Starling 

 and Yellow, Corncrake, and Water-hen and 

 Yellow. 



Whether the fisherman uses flies or bustards he 

 does not, as a usual practice, put on more than one 

 dropper, and sometimes a bustard point is used 

 with an ordinary fly dropper. The night fisher- 

 man has three distinct advantages in his favour; 

 the trout take very little notice of him, he can 

 use a short line, and his cast can be of stronger 

 gut. 



If the fish are feeding well they are not readily 

 " put down " at night, and when they are hooked 

 the stronger cast allows of despatchful netting^ 

 particularly if a larger-hooked bustard is taken. 

 Fishing is often carried on in June till three or four 

 o'clock in the morning, but when the season has 

 advanced into July and August the time of the 

 take does not last much more than, at the most, 



