The Dry-Fly Fisherman's 

 Entomology 



PART I 



CHAPTER I 



THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF 

 WATER INSECTS 



IT will not be out of place if, in the opening Collecting 

 chapter of this book, I give a few lines on the hSects. 

 collection of water insects. My own collecting 

 takes place solely on my fishing expeditions, 

 and consequently I have been obliged to reduce 

 collecting material to a compass which enables 

 it to be disposed of in my fishing-bag, supple- 

 mented by my pockets, without unduly en- 

 croaching on the space allotted to the fishing 

 tackle. 



A net of some kind is almost indispensable, Tte net 

 and mine was obtained from J. Gardiner, 

 naturalist, of High Holborn. It is a jointed 

 brass ring with a cheese-cloth bag, and is fitted 

 with a clamp, which enables it to be fixed to 

 the handle of my landing-net, or any stick of 

 a similar or ne'arly similar size. When not in 

 use, it can be folded up into quite a small 



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