A DAY'S FISHING 



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their attention ; I press the spear of my rod into the turf, 

 take my fly net out of my creel and get right down to the 

 waterside. Now comes sailing down a dainty yacht-like 

 ephemeridae it floats into my net and is then examined. 

 I find that it is one of a variety known as Blue Dun. Here 

 comes another : it is an Olive. Here again is another ! 

 a Ginger Quill. And another ! a Ginger Quill again. This 

 is good enough. My fly box is opened. My recently captured 

 Ginger Quill is compared with the specimen in it, and a fly 

 similar in size selected. My telescopic net is replaced in my 

 creel, my Olive Quill taken off, the Ginger Quill substituted, 

 and hey presto ! once again I am into a fish. It will be 

 seen, therefore, not only how important it is to have some 

 sort of fly net with which to capture these elusive and 

 delicate flying insects, but also to depend on the informa- 

 tion it enables you to obtain as to any hatch of flying 

 insects and thus to quickly select the right fly to fish with. 

 The following chapter on these flying insects, their lives, 

 metamorphoses, and appearance, will prove of interest 

 and importance to the fisherman. 



