DRY FLY-FISHING. 41 



of the natural flies themselves in the 

 minutest details. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE DESIRABLE. 



The use of these flies demands that the 

 angler should have some considerable 

 knowledge of entomology, and at a glance 

 be able to recognize the actual fly that 

 a rising fish is feeding on. This is by no 

 means easily ascertained by the unskilled, 

 and generally ends with the angler having 

 to secure the natural fly, and even then 

 much time is taken up in comparing the 

 natural with the artificial to select the 

 correct pattern. 



When you have done this tie the fly 

 on the end of the cast, then dip it over- 

 head in a small bottle of prepared paraffin 

 (Cummins, of Bishop Auckland, sells a good 

 brass bottle, unbreakable, and a great im- 

 provement upon the old glass pattern), 

 then cast on to the water to wash the 

 oil off again, then whisk the fly back- 



