CHAPTER VI. 



THE ENTOMOLOGY OF THE ERNE. 



Resources for a Wet Day — Hooker's Works — Elements 

 of Fly-fishing — The Use of being able to make your 

 own Flies — Edmondson's Flies — Bowness's Fiies — 

 Flies in use on the Erne — The Butterfly — The Mixed 

 Wing — The Parson — Rods — Comparison between 

 English and Irish Rods — The Squire's Dream — The 

 Flags of Rose Isle — The Legend of Enniskillen — 

 Unexpected Success of the Squire's New Fly. 



The Parson's anticipations had proved cor- 

 rect. There were, indeed, wet jackets at 

 the fair, for throughout the whole night the 

 rain came down in one steady, regular, con- 

 tinuous down-pour. There were no furious 

 gusts, or rattling showers, as in the last 

 hreak-up of the weather, but a constant, 

 persevering, soaking rain, that seemed as if 

 it would never alter and never end. 



Dimly and wearily did the morning dawn 

 upon the soaked and draggled remnants of 



