HOW TO DRESS SALMON 

 FLIES 



CHAPTER I 



BY WAY OF JUSTIFICATION ON GENERAL 

 GROUNDS 



Is there any advantage in being able to dress 

 your own salmon flies ? The answer is Yes, 

 undoubtedly. 



Do the advantages more than compensate 

 for the time and trouble necessary to acquire 

 proficiency ? The answer is again Yes, unless 

 the individual is the unfortunate possessor of 

 congenitally and impossibly clumsy fingers. 



Let me endeavour to substantiate these 

 replies. 



Salmon fishing nowadays, with the demand 

 ever in excess of the supply, is admittedly an 

 expensive luxury. 



Salmon flies are also an expensive luxury, 

 but where hundreds of pounds are spent in 



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