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I must apologize for having digressed from the 

 immediate subject to refer to the question of permanent 

 preservation of the insects and the grand collection 

 which is progressing by leaps and bounds owing to 

 the splendid efforts of brother anglers (both members 

 and non-members of the Club). Nearly all the speci- 

 mens in the cabinets have been set up and arranged 

 by members of the Natural Fly Sub-committee of the 

 Fly-Fishers' Club, and all credit is due to them for 

 the success of the movement, and I know that the 

 general body of members realize this and appreciate 

 the quality of the work done. 



The fisherman is now equipped with the nets 



required for catching the in- 

 Method of identification sects and his lenses for careful 

 at the river-side. examination and identification 



of them. He will place him- 

 self below a rising fish and proceed to collect some 

 few of the flies floating down. In connection with 

 this it should be remembered that the examination of 

 one or two individual flies will not always warrant his 

 arriving at the conclusion that he has determined the 

 pattern of fly he should use. Of course, if the hatch 

 is sparse he must perforce content himself with a 

 comparatively small number, but if the flies are 

 plentiful he should collect as many as he conveniently 

 can. 



The next step is for him to determine the family 

 or families to which these flies belong. To assist him 

 in this a set of drawings have been prepared, and 



