インターネットの時代、今は中々見る事の出来ない本・情報も探してみると出てくるものです。1922年に出版されたR.C.Bridgettの"Dry Fly Fishing"はつり人ノベルズの「英国のフライフィッシング史」(椎名重明著)にも出てくる本ですが、それがインターネットで全文読める事を発見しました。
スコットランドの読者向けに同地でドライフライ釣りをするための情報とアドバイスを詰めた本。今日の我々にも参考になる情報があります。
その中に、今日の日本では、余り耳にする事のない下記情報がありました：
①カゲロウのダンにはダブルウィング(スターリング等のクイルを二重にする)とコックハックル一枚を使う。これはカゲロウが4枚の羽を持つ事を模倣するためではなく、毛針の耐久性が非常に増すからである。一枚のクイルでは魚を掛ける、或は水中に潜ってしまうだけでウイングが壊れてしまう。
②スピナーについて、ハックルポイントをウイングとして使ったスピナーは水面にべったり張り付くスペントスピナーを模す事は出来ない。実験の結果、それより柔らかいヘンハックルを使ったスパイダーパターンの方が水面との絡み方も遥かに良く、釣果も上がる。
というもの。下記参考までにR.C. Bridgettの奨めるドライフライを上げてみます。

No. I. Greenwell Quill.
Body : Dark quill.
Hackle : Red with black centre, often termed " cochybondu
hackle."
Tail : Dark olive.
Wings : Hen blackbird, upright.
Season : Reliable all through the season.
No. 2. Dark Olive Dun.
Body : Dark olive quill.
Hackle : Cock's hackle, dyed dark olive.
Tail : Dark olive.
Wings : Blackbird, upright.
Season : April.
No. 3. Medium Olive Dun.
Body : Medium olive quill.
Hackle : Cock's hackle, dyed medium olive.
Tail : Medium olive.
Wings : Snipe, upright.
Season : May, and occasionally thereafter.
No. 4. Pale Olive Dun.
Body : Light olive quill.
Hackle : Cock's hackle, dyed light olive.
Tail : Light olive.
Wings : Starling,
Season :. June and July.
No. 5. Rough Olive.
Body: White swan herl, dyed olive, ribbed with gold.
Hackle: Cock's hackle, dyed medium olive.
Tail : Medium olive.
Wings : StarUng, upright.
Season : Useful any time, very good in April and September.
No. 6. March Brown.
Body : Brown quill.
Hackle : Cock's hackle, dyed olive.
Tail : Dark olive.
Wing :Hen-pheasant wing, upright.
Season: April.
No. 7. Iron-Blue Dun.
Body: Black quill.
Hackle : Cock's hackle, dyed dark olive.
Tail : Dark olive.
Wings : Blackbird, upright.
Season : April and May, cold days during summer, and September.
No. 8. Black Spider.
Body : Black quill.
Hackle : Black hen.
Tail : Black.
Season : Useful at any time.
No. 9. Red Quill.
Body : Undyed quill.
Hackle : Ginger hen.
Tail : Ginger.
Season : Evenings of June and July.
No. 10. Blue Hen Spider.
Body : Yellow quill, ribbed with brown silk.
Hackle : Blue hen (light dun).
Tail : Blue hen.
Season: Evenings of June and July, when Pale Watery Dun is up.
No. 11. Gravel-bed (Clyde Sand-fly).
Body : Black quill.
Hackle : Black hen's, long and fixed on top of wing.
Wings : Hen-pheasant tail, few fibres only, tied flat along the body.
Season : Second fortnight of May to end of July ; in warm weather.
12. Black Midge.
Body : Black quill.
Hackle : Black hen.
Wings : Speckled hackle points dyed olive, projecting on each side of body.
Season ; Warm days of summer.
No. 13. Badger Hackle.
Body : Black silk, very short.
Hackle : Badger, black centre, white tips.
Season : Warm, calm weather when trout are " smutting."
No. 14. Corncrake Sedge.
Body : Broad yellow quill.
Hackle : Red hen hackle, continued down the body.
Wings: Corncrake, pent-shaped.
Season: Afternoon and early evening in July.
No. 15. Cinnamon Sedge.
Body : Hare-lug.
Hackle: Dark brown hen.
Wings: Brown hen, pent-shaped.
Season: June and July evenings.
No. 16. Grannom or Greentail.
Body : Light Hare-lug.
Hackle : Pale red, hen's hackle.
Wings : Inside of soft part of hen-pheasant wing, pent-shaped.
Butt : Peacock, green.
Season : May.
No. 17. Black Sedge.
Body : Broad black quill over silk.
Hackle: Black hen.
Wings: Black hen, pent-shaped.
Season: August.
No. 18. Needle-Brown.
Body : Brown quill.
Hackle : Natural brown cock.
Season : From August onwards.
来シーズンに向けて想像を膨らませる材料になれば幸甚です。
スコットランドの読者向けに同地でドライフライ釣りをするための情報とアドバイスを詰めた本。今日の我々にも参考になる情報があります。
その中に、今日の日本では、余り耳にする事のない下記情報がありました：
①カゲロウのダンにはダブルウィング(スターリング等のクイルを二重にする)とコックハックル一枚を使う。これはカゲロウが4枚の羽を持つ事を模倣するためではなく、毛針の耐久性が非常に増すからである。一枚のクイルでは魚を掛ける、或は水中に潜ってしまうだけでウイングが壊れてしまう。
②スピナーについて、ハックルポイントをウイングとして使ったスピナーは水面にべったり張り付くスペントスピナーを模す事は出来ない。実験の結果、それより柔らかいヘンハックルを使ったスパイダーパターンの方が水面との絡み方も遥かに良く、釣果も上がる。
というもの。下記参考までにR.C. Bridgettの奨めるドライフライを上げてみます。


No. I. Greenwell Quill.
Body : Dark quill.
Hackle : Red with black centre, often termed " cochybondu
hackle."
Tail : Dark olive.
Wings : Hen blackbird, upright.
Season : Reliable all through the season.
No. 2. Dark Olive Dun.
Body : Dark olive quill.
Hackle : Cock's hackle, dyed dark olive.
Tail : Dark olive.
Wings : Blackbird, upright.
Season : April.
No. 3. Medium Olive Dun.
Body : Medium olive quill.
Hackle : Cock's hackle, dyed medium olive.
Tail : Medium olive.
Wings : Snipe, upright.
Season : May, and occasionally thereafter.
No. 4. Pale Olive Dun.
Body : Light olive quill.
Hackle : Cock's hackle, dyed light olive.
Tail : Light olive.
Wings : Starling,
Season :. June and July.
No. 5. Rough Olive.
Body: White swan herl, dyed olive, ribbed with gold.
Hackle: Cock's hackle, dyed medium olive.
Tail : Medium olive.
Wings : StarUng, upright.
Season : Useful any time, very good in April and September.
No. 6. March Brown.
Body : Brown quill.
Hackle : Cock's hackle, dyed olive.
Tail : Dark olive.
Wing :Hen-pheasant wing, upright.
Season: April.
No. 7. Iron-Blue Dun.
Body: Black quill.
Hackle : Cock's hackle, dyed dark olive.
Tail : Dark olive.
Wings : Blackbird, upright.
Season : April and May, cold days during summer, and September.
No. 8. Black Spider.
Body : Black quill.
Hackle : Black hen.
Tail : Black.
Season : Useful at any time.
No. 9. Red Quill.
Body : Undyed quill.
Hackle : Ginger hen.
Tail : Ginger.
Season : Evenings of June and July.
No. 10. Blue Hen Spider.
Body : Yellow quill, ribbed with brown silk.
Hackle : Blue hen (light dun).
Tail : Blue hen.
Season: Evenings of June and July, when Pale Watery Dun is up.
No. 11. Gravel-bed (Clyde Sand-fly).
Body : Black quill.
Hackle : Black hen's, long and fixed on top of wing.
Wings : Hen-pheasant tail, few fibres only, tied flat along the body.
Season : Second fortnight of May to end of July ; in warm weather.
12. Black Midge.
Body : Black quill.
Hackle : Black hen.
Wings : Speckled hackle points dyed olive, projecting on each side of body.
Season ; Warm days of summer.
No. 13. Badger Hackle.
Body : Black silk, very short.
Hackle : Badger, black centre, white tips.
Season : Warm, calm weather when trout are " smutting."
No. 14. Corncrake Sedge.
Body : Broad yellow quill.
Hackle : Red hen hackle, continued down the body.
Wings: Corncrake, pent-shaped.
Season: Afternoon and early evening in July.
No. 15. Cinnamon Sedge.
Body : Hare-lug.
Hackle: Dark brown hen.
Wings: Brown hen, pent-shaped.
Season: June and July evenings.
No. 16. Grannom or Greentail.
Body : Light Hare-lug.
Hackle : Pale red, hen's hackle.
Wings : Inside of soft part of hen-pheasant wing, pent-shaped.
Butt : Peacock, green.
Season : May.
No. 17. Black Sedge.
Body : Broad black quill over silk.
Hackle: Black hen.
Wings: Black hen, pent-shaped.
Season: August.
No. 18. Needle-Brown.
Body : Brown quill.
Hackle : Natural brown cock.
Season : From August onwards.
来シーズンに向けて想像を膨らませる材料になれば幸甚です。
