42 SALMON FLIES 



<fc dress " must be used on fairly light gut and 

 a grilse rod, the principle of the " long Dee " 

 applies. 



Now, as to a range of sizes i.e., a practical 

 range that will meet with every requirement 

 likely to arise and in this connection 1 cannot 

 refrain from indulging in a growl. It is im- 

 possible to be a salmon fisherman or a fly- 

 dresser for any length of time without having 

 it very forcibly borne in upon one that there 

 is very urgent need for some rational, uniform, 

 and universal system of grading hooks. The 

 perfectly illogical and erratic manner in which 

 every different hook maker seeks to establish 

 his own scale, without a thought for the prac- 

 tical requirements of his ultimate customers, 

 would be laughable if it were not so ex- 

 ceedingly irritating. 



Every-day instances of the inconvenience 

 and misunderstandings that arise out of the 

 present unsatisfactory state of affairs are within 

 the experience of most people who have any- 

 thing to do with either the sale or purchase 

 of tackle. 



It is rather curious that the retail trade has 

 not made a serious attempt to insist upon the 



