Vlll PREFACE* 



copy the fly that you have just beaten from 

 a bush upon the stream, is a feat that the 

 learner had better not attempt. Enough 

 for him, if he can, in a warm, sunny win- 

 dow, with all his tools about him, first 

 make his droppers, hacklewise, and point 

 his lash with the best he can purchase, till 

 study and practice have perfected him 

 sufficiently to make a Winged fly also, well 

 put together the hackle just covering the 

 point and bend of the hook, and no more ; 

 and the wing the exact length of the fly, 

 from head to tail, and neither too full in 

 the feather, nor too scanty. 



The present edition of the " Fly-Fisher's 

 Entomology " has the full sanction of the 

 Author, for whose approval the chief alter- 

 ations were sent to him in Australia. These 

 will be found to consist mainly in revising 

 the nomenclature of Chap. IV. and ascer- 

 taining the specific names of all the insects 

 where not previously given, so that the real 

 insect may be examined in the collections 

 of naturalists, and often obtained from them. 

 It is to be hoped that some fly-makers 

 will adopt the plan of keeping cases of the 



