Originally Posted by Gander

Kingsmill-Moore was the originator of the Bumble family as we know them. Again, they can with a few tweeks be fished successfully in a variety of ways. The standard use of bumbles however is on a floating line with a nice wave. The concept behind them is to use different coloured hackles, wound together, to create a "blended haze of colour around the fly". My words, so Stan may be able to describe it better. The two most popular Bumbles would probably be the Claret Bumble and the Golden olive Bumble. I know there are some loch anglers who will always have a Golden Olive Bumble on their cast.

Kingsmill-Moore wrote a book called "A man may fish". It is viewed as a classic by some, although I have heard an Irish boatman quoted as saying that there were more fish in the book than ever were in Kingsmill-Moore's boat.