DUNS, SPINNERS, &C.—EPHEMERIDM. 41 



We have great diffidence in saying much about the 

 EphemeridcB, as so much has been written already by 

 various writers, but we venture to believe that the 

 dressings of the Spinners will find favour with, at least, 

 some of our brother anglers. We have had our 

 dressing tested by several good dry fly men, who report 

 favourably on it. 



The general mistake amongst writers on the subject is 

 to magnify the importance of this class of flies to 

 the exclusion of almost all others. 



There are only forty varieties of Ephcmevidce generally 

 recognised as indigenous in this country, and considering 

 the many other species which also have a true aquatic 

 history and wide distribution, we consider, from the 

 angling point of view, that this is a great mistake, and at 

 times is highly detrimental to the sport to be obtained 

 with an artificial fly. 



Unfortunately the custom very largely prevails of 

 dressing almost all artificials " up winged/' and this is 

 one reason why so few anglers have a just sense of pro- 

 portion with regard to the proper place of the EphemeridcB 

 in the equipment of the fly fisher. 



