84 THE FLY FISHER'S GUIDE. 



ARTIFICIAL FLIES. 



It now remains to proceed to the description 

 of the materials used in the formation of the flies 

 represented in the plates which accompany this 

 treatise. 



The author is aware that they can by no means 

 be considered fine specimens of the art of repre- 

 senting nature; but as they will convey some 

 idea of the size and form of the natural fly, and 

 may prove a more correct criterion for the imi- 

 tator to adopt, as to the colours of his materials, 

 than any written description, it is hoped that 

 they will, in some degree, prove useful and ad- 

 vantageous to such brethren of the angle as may 

 deem them worthy their inspection. 



It may possibly be remarked, that the number 

 of flies selected is insufficient. Certain it is, that 

 the ephemeral aquatic insects, which the sun's 



