CHAPTER VIII. 



MAY-FLY FISHING. 



HEEE are two flies to which the term 

 May-fly is applied. The first, which is 

 known by anglers generally as the May- 

 fly, is the green drake, a large yellowish fly, 

 which makes its appearance on some streams 

 in great numbers, from the middle to the 

 end of June. Trout are very fond of them, 

 seizing greedily every unlucky individual 

 that ventures on the water ; and a couple of 

 them put on a small hook, and allowed to play on 

 the surface will be found very effective, particularly 

 in woody places. It is subject, however, to the great 

 objection of being almost as difficult to catch as the 

 trout themselves ; so that as far as angling, at 

 least in Scotland, is concerned, it hardly deserves 

 attention. 



The second fly, which is known on Tweedside 

 and in the Border districts as the May-fly, is the 

 phryganea or stone-fly of naturalists ; and when we 

 speak of May-fly in the subsequent parts , of this 



