THE FLY FISHER'S GUIDE. 117 



The writer has had excellent diversion with 

 this fly, in the months of August and Septem- 

 ber, in the Welsh rivers ; but has been unable 

 to meet with any description of it in the several 

 treatises upon Angling which he has from time 

 to time perused. A representation is given in 

 " Walton and Cotton's Complete Angler/" page 

 342, plate 13, of a fly which in form exactly 

 resembles this, but is of much larger dimen- 

 sions -, neither do the materials for composing 

 it correspond with the description here given, 

 as to colour, &c. 



PLATE VIII. 



Nos. 33 and 34 represent the Sand Fly; the 

 former with the wings raised, in order to show 

 the size of the body, the latter to point out the 

 form in which the fly is to be dressed artificially. 



This may be considered as one of the best flies 

 for affording diversion which can possibly be 

 selected ; for it may be used successfully, at all 



