102 ART OF ANGLING. 



Shorn Fly. 13. 



The Shorn Fly, or Marlow Buzz, appears on 

 the water about the same time as the Canon, 

 and continues till the end of July ; it is a small 

 caterpillar with reddish-brown wings, and is 

 frequently seen in grass fields. There are three 

 kinds, but the one most useful is thus made ; 

 the wings of a red cock's hackle, and the body 

 of a peacock's herl ; the hook No. 6 or 7. The 

 Shorn fly is in its greatest perfection in June, 

 and will kill fish at any time in the day ; it is 

 much used in Wales, but is better known there 

 by the name of the Coch-a-bonddu, that is, red 

 with a black body. 



Yellow May Fly, or Cadow. 14. 

 This is the most important fly for Trout fish- 

 ing of any, because at this period the Trout is 

 in its greatest perfection ; it is bred from the 

 cad-worm, and is found in considerable num- 

 bers at the sides of most small gravelly rivers, 

 on bushes which overhang the water ; to which 

 places they resort when they change from their 

 chrysalis state. Its wings, which are single, 

 stand upright like the wings of the butterfly ; 

 the body is yellow (some are darker than others) 

 ribbed with green ; the tail consists of three 

 dark whisks, and is turned up towards the 

 back ; from the green stripes on its body, it is 



