I90 THE DRY-FLY MAN'S HANDBOOK 



the spent drake, feed well on it. The trouble is that 

 it occurs in such countless numbers as to be too thick 

 on the water, and is so small that it is difficult to 

 make a good floating pattern." 



> " March brown, few seen on lakes. A fly locally 

 called the olive dun, which is a larger fly than the 

 true olive, and somewhat similar in colouring. It has 

 been identified as Cloeon simile." 



" Blue-winged dun. Fish feed well on both these, 

 and take them and their spinners even when the 

 drake is on." 



" Claret dun. This comes on just before the mayfly, 

 and is often taken well. It is a fly that sits well on 

 the water and seems very weather- and water-proof. 

 The scientific name of this fly is Leptophlebia 

 vespertina. 



" A large gnat comes out in May, rising mostly from 

 a peat or mud bottom. I have sometimes, when it is 

 still on the surface, seen trout take it well ; at other 

 times they do not seem to care for it, although taking 

 other flies. A difficult pattern to tie." 



"A green gnat comes on later (August) slighdy 

 smaller, an evening riser (the gray is about all day), 

 and is worth trying to copy and fish with." 



"In Ireland called wallflies." 



" The murragh in lakes rises 

 Caddis sedges. only from a peaty bottom at 



sunset, comes to the surface in 

 a shuck which splits open and allows the fly to 

 emerge. So far as I have seen trout only take this 



