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FISHING IN EDEN 



on the Eden to pin their faith to a few, and parti- 

 cular kind of, flies. Fishing with what is called 

 the " Dry Fly " we had not heard of then, but 

 there was no doubt in our minds that what is called 

 the " Wet Fly " (although this name was also 

 unknown to us) was quite sufficient for the river and 

 becks we fished. That branch of science which 

 treats of insects called Entomology was also foreign 

 to us. In practice, however, we did quite a lot of 

 " butterfly " catching, and examining, in our own 

 unacademic way. 



The flies we actually used were as follows : 



and 



. Dressed with a small soft 

 feather from under the 

 wing of a woodcock. 



Dressed with a small soft 

 feather from under the wing 

 of a snipe. 



Dressed with a small feather 

 from the top of the wing of 

 a snipe. 



Light Woodcock 

 Yellow 



Light Snipe and Yellow 



Dark Snipe and Purple 



Water-hen and Yellow 



Water-hen and Red 



Light Starling and Yellow Dressed with a 



feather from 



Corncrake 



Dressed with a small soft 

 feather from under the 

 wing of a water-hen. 



Ditto. 



small soft 

 under the 

 wing of a starling. 



Dressed with a small feather 

 from the top of the wing of 

 a corncrake. 



