Mr. Halford points out in his Dry-Fly Entomology, that Ronalds was mistaken in calling this fly the Sand-fly, as the true sand-fly is one of the Diptera. I take it, however, that in either case this is but a popular name; and as almost all former writers on the subject seem to have described the Sand-fly as being a common Caddis-fly, I think that in adhering to the old name I shall avoid confusing the fisherman.
This fly is one of the most useful of all the Caddis-flies, as it is hatched out in April, and lasts almost all the season. There are several other Caddis-flies which come out later in the year, that resemble it very closely both in colour, shape, and size. The wings are of a yellow ochre colour, barred with brown, the body is covered with short hairs of a light fawn colour, and the fly is about the same size as, or a little larger than, the Grannom.
The dressing given below, if slightly modified, will serve for several of the other Caddis-flies which come out later in the season.
Body. Light-coloured fur from hare’s face, ribbed with orange silk. If ribbed with narrow gold tinsel is sometimes more successful.
Hackle. Light ginger.
Wings. The part of quill feather of a hen pheasant’s wing that is yellow, barred with brown, or a similarly barred part of the quill feather of a woodcock.
Hook. No. 1—3, new size.
(Illustrations of the natural and artificial fly are given in Plates [I]. and [III].)
The Red Sedge (Anabolia nervosa, Steph.).
There is a Caddis-fly which appears on the water about the beginning of June, and which I have seen in great numbers as late as the middle of October, that does not seem to have obtained a popular name among fishermen.