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angling where ample directions may be seen 

 of such as are said, and we have proved to be, stan- 

 dard flies, that is, such as are found to be good at all 

 times and in all places. They are the palmer flies, 

 namely, the red hackle, yellow hackle, grouse 

 hackle, etc ; and wing flies, such as the green 

 drake or may-fly, the march brown, and indeed any 

 and all of that class of insects known by the name 

 of phryganeae and ephemerae, to which may be 

 added the grasshopper as well as beetles, for " there 

 is hardly any insect that flies, including the wasp, 

 the hornet, the bee and the butterfly, that does 

 not become at sometime the prey of fishes." 



If the angler has half a dozen of each of the 

 palmers, as well as a small stock of the wing flies 

 above alluded to, he may be considered well pro- 

 vided, particularly if he has also feathers and other 

 materials to repair his loss in case either variety 

 should be exhausted. The manufacture of flies is 

 a very nice operation, and more suited to the del- 

 icate fingers of females, by whom they are princi- 

 pally made in England, Scotland, &c. The very 

 best of them are but rude imitations of nature, but 

 the practised eye will distinguish at a glance those 

 that are made by rule, from those that are made 

 by a novice in the art. From our own experience 

 we have been of opinion that quite as much stress 

 is laid upon the necessity of an infinite variety of 



