CHAPTEE VII. 



CONCERNING FLIES. 



THE study of Entomology taken up thoroughly 

 is not only a fascinating one, but is of real 

 value to the fly-fisherman. It ought to be 

 no less so to the truly artistic fly-dresser. 



Especially is it of value to the other 

 school, whose fly is ever fished floating 

 and kept dry ; for I hold that, to the vision 

 of the trout, the only eye which the fly- 

 fisherman and the fly-dresser should en- 

 deavour to please, the appearance of an 

 artificial fly, floating withits wings " cocked," 

 and that of a wet fly, tumbled about " head 

 over heels " underwater, can have little or 

 no comparison. The colour of the body, in 

 many of our artificial imitations, silk bodies 

 in particular, is not always preserved, when 

 the fly is thoroughly wet, as it is when 

 absolutely dry. 



This is one of the advantages of any 

 non-porous substance for the body of flies, 



