FISHING TACKLE AND HOW TO MAKE IT. 



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is that patented by Mr. Chubb, of Post Mills, Vt. It is 

 termed the "Henshall-van Antwerp," and for all-round fly 

 fishing cannot be surpassed. Of course for Salmon a larger 

 reel is necessary. 



The Fly-book (e). — This is a consideration of some 

 importance, and the number of different patterns in existence 

 proves that there are differences of opinion as to the best. 

 The gut-snell of fly-books in this country is for some reason 

 fixed at four and one-half inches, and the ingenuity of inven 



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tion has been exercised over the discovery of some device 

 which shall retain the snell straight, before and after use. 

 The most efficient, as far as I have been able to examine — 

 and I have seen all — is the Bray arrangement. The hooks 

 are hung over a bar, and then brought down between 

 the close helices of a spiral wire fixed crosswise in the 

 book. The same idea appears in another device of later 



