TROUT HABITS; LURES AND USE 



(April 15th), insects are small and scanty. Few 

 trout rise before May first. Warm April days 

 induce the rise of the female Shad-fly, Brown 

 Drakes, Soldier Drake, and Needle-Tail Dun 

 (locally called a "black gnat," as are many 

 different flies). Use drakes dry, on the surface; 

 the other two fish wet. 



May. This month sees about three large 

 drakes and four duns, also a few large spinners. 

 If warm and mild by May first, the Brown 

 Drake (March Brown) fished dry is good. If 

 cold use the female. Fishing wet, use the Shad- 

 fly for tail and Needle-Tail Dun for dropper. 

 The Shad-fly is abundant from early May till 

 June 15th, and the Brown Drake is on the wing 

 at the same time and places. Normal weather 

 in May brings an abundance of flies, and trout 

 are bold and voracious, feeding all day and 

 night. The large Green Drake (May-fly) ap- 

 pears in growing abundance toward May 15th; 

 next in value being the Brown Drake, Sand-fly, 

 Black Gnat, Yellow Sally, Alder, Golden Spin- 

 ner. The Shad-fly (male and female) is present 

 throughout the month, so perhaps is best of 

 all under the changing conditions of this usually 

 erratic season. 



[Any species of Ephemera, or allied genera, 



the matured flies of which appear in May are 



May-flies, zoologically speaking. When the 



British angler speaks of the May-fly he has in 



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