10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPENT GNAT»
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spent gnat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
spent gnat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Language of Fly-Fishing
Perhaps the best known use of the word comes in the phrase spent gnat (the
adult or imago of the mayfly2, Ephemera danica), although there the term seems
to be a general description of the fly, and applies to the adults both before and
after ...
2
Trout Hunting: The Pursuit of Happiness
case on waters with a big fall of 'spent gnat', the Green Drake spinner. On Irish
loughs such as Sheelin, brown trout of up to ten pounds will sometimes be found
working a raft of olives or spent mayfly spinners in the wind lanes, and a few ...
3
Halford on the Dry Fly: Streamcraft of a Master Angler
It was during the later part of the May-fly, at Newton Stacey, when the fish were
taking the spent gnat. In an almost stagnant bay of a small side stream a quiet
rise had been seen. Across the neck of this bay a plank was extended to serve as
a ...
Frederic M. Halford, Paul Schullery, 2007
... 331, 504 Rouen Drake Mayfly, 324, 377 Silver Sedge, 327 Spent Gnat, 325,
377 Summer Duck Mayfly, 323, 377 Welshman's Button, 329, 377 Wickham, 330,
377 -—- (trout), wet-flies, 428—430 Alder Fly, 430 August Dun, 430 Black, 429, ...
Horace Gordon Hutchinson, 1653
5
Irish Trout and Salmon Flies
... see Midge Clump, 134 Bann Olive, 85 Bann Sedges, 163-4 Bibio, 86 Bishop's
Nymph, 135 Black Ant, 86 Black Claret, 86 Black & Claret, 86 Black Devil, 86
Black Drake, 145 Black Flag (Sedge), 164 Black Gnat (Spent gnat), 145 Black
Gnat, ...
6
Malcolm Greenhalghs Flyfishers Handbook
1 16, 1 18 Spent Gnat 42 Spent Sedge 186-7 Spent Spinner 45 Spent Yellow
Sally 171 Spider Greenwell's Glory 124-5 Spiders and Mites 35 Spring Black 128
-9 Spring Olive 46 SS Nymph 142-3 Stone dingers 39 Stone Midge 130-1 ...
Malcolm Greenhalgh, Malcolm Greenhalgh and Denys Ovenden, 2004
7
Two Centuries of Soft-Hackled Flies: A Survey of the ...
Next, evenly divide the fibres of the hackle and stroke them into the position of the
wings of a Spent Gnat, at right-angles with the hook shank. Pressure between the
thumb and forefinger will cause the fibres to remain in this position until they ...
8
Oliver Edwards' Flytyer's Masterclass:
... is the more usual type of hook used for 'mayfly' SOME NATURALS
APPROPRIATE TO THIS PATTERN British species: Ephemera vulgata, E. danica
, E. lineata. British fishing names: Mayfly, Greendrake, Spent Gnat (Ireland - spent
females) ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VII.
Arthur Thomas Fisher, 2009
10
The Method of Physick: Containing the Causes, Signes, and ...
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especially ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPENT GNAT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
spent gnat is used in the context of the following news items.
Angling notes: Challenging week on Lough Sheelin but with some …
Spent started to go out on Saturday evening and then a wind blew up ... Claret and Green Dabblers), Spent Gnat, Red Humpy, Golden Olive Bumble, Cock ... «Irish Times, May 15»
Sheelin mayfly are gone but sedges can be deadly
Flies most used by anglers were the green Mayfly, spent gnat, a small brown sedge (12-14 or smaller), bibio, Watson's fancy, fiery brown sedge, chocolate drop, ... «Farming Life, Jun 14»
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On some occasions his spent variation was spat out and shook out by some ... The best trout weighed in at over 2.7kg caught by Gerard Usher on a spent gnat. «Irish Times, Jun 13»
Angling News - WRBD Galway 5 June 2013
I have reports of good fishing to spent gnat over the last few evenings in the warmer weather also, and the current hot spell should see good hatches of Campto ... «Castlebar.News, Jun 13»
