Coch-Y-Bondhu

The June bug, field chafer and coch-y-bondhy, coch-ybonddu are all names give to a little rotund beetle (Phylopertha horticola). It is a useful pattern effectice as early as mid-May if trout start feeding on beetles . As one of its common names implies it is found in large numbers around the month of June  If fishing wilder parts of the country this fly is essential during the month of June