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creation. But though it may survive for but a brief 

 period, nevertheless its memory is always held dear 

 by all fishermen. 



During the last few years considerable changes 

 have taken place with regard to the size and tying of 

 artificial Mayflies, and in my humble judgment much 

 advance has been made in this direction. It was not 



FIG. i. Mayfly, old pattern. 



long ago that Mayflies were usually tied on big hooks 

 with correspondingly large wings, and became almost 

 unwieldy in consequence. Now-a-days the majority 

 of fishermen have them made much smaller, and find 

 that by this means they obtain better results than 

 formerly. The size of an artificial Mayfly such as 



