I have never spotted one of these round my way before, does anyone know what it is?
Hawthorne fly?
Norm
Drawing on my Yorkshire experience, (which admittedly was a long time ago), that is most definitely a F$&&ยง& great big ugly black thing!
I reckon a black palmered Pennell would do the busness if the trout were so misguided as to actually eat such an abomination.
"What's a palmered Pennell" I hear you ask, and quite rightly too! It's a Black Pennell with more hackle.
( It's a Yorkshire thing).
TL
MC
Dunno but there were shitloads of them flying aboot in my garden yesterday. I was gonna take a picture and post it so thanks for sving me the bother... I thought they might be heather flies but theres no much heather in the garden :D