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So much for the cause of the fishing-tackle shops. We are 

 anxious that the fullest knowledge on the subject should be 

 generally known among anglers- and this is our chief reason for 

 submitting these statements without note or comment. 



BAITS. 



Baits are the next important things to speak about, next to 

 tackle. They are of different kinds, and are, on the whole, very 

 numerous. They demand the particular attention of the angler. 

 We shall, at present, and under this head, merely give an enume- 

 ration of baits, leaving the specific application of them individually 

 to that part of our work which treats of the different kinds of fish, 

 and how to take them. 



ARTIFICIAL FLIES. 



These are very numerous ; and the varied materials of which 

 they are composed may be best obtained from a plain and simple 

 catalogue of them. We therefore submit the following to the 

 reader's attention. 



1. THE CHANTREY. This fly was a great favourite with the 

 late Sir Francis Chantrey, and is an excellent killer. Imitation. 

 Body, copper-coloured peacock's heil, ribbed with gold twist ; 

 legs, a black hackle ; wings, partridge's or brown hen's feather, 

 or pheasant's tail. Hook, No. 9, or No. 10. 



2. HOFLAND'S FANCY may be used after sunset with success 

 in any part of the kingdom, and in any season. Imitation. 

 B9dy, reddish brown silk; legs, red hackle; wings, woodcock's 

 tail;' tail, two or three strands ^of a red hackle. Hook, No. 10. 



3. MARCH BROWN, also called the Dun Drake, appears about 

 the latter end of March, and continues in _ season till the begin- 

 ning of May ; it will be found a very killing fly, in many lakes 

 in Wales, from March to September. Imitation. Body, fur of 

 the hare's ear, ribbed with olive silk legs, partridge hackle ; 

 wings, tail feather of the partridge ; tail, two or three strands of 

 the partridge feather. Hook^ No. 8, or No. 9. 



4. BLUE DUN. Appears in March, and generally upon the 



the starling's wing ; tail, two strands of a grizzle cock's hackle. 

 Hook, No. 10: 



5. FOR CARSHALTON AND THE TEST. I am not acquainted with 

 a proper name for this fly, but it is much used at Carshalton, 

 and on the Test in Hampshire, and is a well-dressed fly, likely 

 to kill in other streams. Imitation. Body, black silk, ribbed 

 with silver twist; legs, a dark grizzle iiackle; wings, the dark 



