Lexic.us

Definition of Stone fly

1. Noun. Primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stone Fly

Literary usage of Stone fly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Richard Le Gallienne (1897)
"Having told you the time of the stone-fly's coming in, and that he is bred of a cadis ... This same stone-fly has not the patience to continue in his crust, ..."

2. Fishing with the Fly: Sketches by Lovers of the Art, with Illustrations of by Charles F. Orvis, A. Nelson Cheney (1883)
"stone fly. 21. Yellow Drake. 24. Soldier Palmer. 27. Ethel May. 30. Whimbrel. " Be stil' moving your fly upon the water, or casting it into the water ..."

3. The Modern Practical Angler: A Complete Guide to Fly-fishing, Bottom-fishing by Henry Cholmondeley Pennell (1884)
"A dark full water is more favourable for the effective use of the stone-fly than one that is low and clear; but in both states good baskets may be made with ..."

4. Superior Fishing: Or, The Striped Bass, Trout, Black Bass, and Blue-fish of by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt (1884)
"Legs.—A light ginger hackle. Cut off the upper fibres of the hackle, that the wings may lie flat. No. 10. THE stone fly. This fly also comes from a water ..."

5. The Vade-mecum of Fly-fishing for Trout: Beings a Complete Practical by George Philip Rigney Pulman (1851)
"It is generally believed to spring from a cad-case similar to that of the. stone fly. The idea is altogether erroneous. These identical species, indeed, ..."

6. Trout and Salmon Fishing in Wales by George Agar Hansard (1834)
"If May should be wet, or with full water, you must not expect the sport which a bright frosty time will give. stone fly, WITH THE WATER CRICKET, CREEPER, ..."

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