DUNS, SPINNERS, %lQ.— EPHEMERA. 39 



We have great diffidence in saying much about 

 the ephe^nera, 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 ephemera gener- 

 ally 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 

 proportion with regard to the proper place of the 

 ephemera in the equipment of the fly fisher. 



