166 THE STONE-FLY. 



male flies on the same hook on account of their small- 

 ness. This we have tried often, but never with any- 

 thing like success ; we therefore prefer using one fly 

 at a time, however small. A successful stone-fly 

 angler of our acquaintance, who has used it as a bait 

 for more then thirty years, is also against using 

 two of the male flies at a time in place of one. 



As the fly is more easily destroyed and jerked off 

 the hook than the creeper, a shorter line should be 

 used, which should be thrown very gently out; and 

 common sense will, of course, tell any angler that 

 no sinker should ever be used with it. When thrown 

 into streams, the tumbling- of the waters generally 

 takes the fly under the surface, and we have mostly 

 found it more readily taken when so placed, than 

 when floating on the surface, especially so in slightly 

 muddy water. In pools, however, we prefer having 

 it floating ; and in these the stone-fly is generally 

 most deadly about nightfall. Quick striking is 

 necessary when angling with this bait. 



We mentioned in our remarks on creeper-fishing, 

 that from experience we found the creeper more 

 deadly than the stone-fly when both were co-existent. 

 This, of course, was in clear water ; the stone-fly 

 being as deadly, if not more deadly, in swollen or 

 coloured water, as the creeper is in clear. Here is 



