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AMERICAN GAME FISHES. 



slate has been added. Of course one must be watchful not to 

 allow the latter bath (or indeed the former) to become too 

 deep in color. 



Slate Color: Handful logwood chips; quart boiling water; 

 copperas, size of a small nut. I find it best to soak the 

 feathers well in the infusion of logwood first, and then add 

 the copperas, stirring till it dissolves. 



Practically the above answers all the requirements of the 

 amateur tackle-maker, and though there are more tints 

 required by the professional Salmon and Trout fly maker, 

 they are all more or less matters of experiment on the emerg- 

 ency. The tyro will naturally achieve these as he goes on, and 

 the foregoing is ample foundation for him to work upon. 



SECTION 4 HOOKS. 



The selection of the best hook for "all-round" fishing is 

 more difficult than at first appears. Experience alone teaches 

 the make to be depended on in the majority of cases. And 



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Aberdeen. Dublin Limer- Kendal Sneck Carlisle 

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 O'Shaughnessy 



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Sproat 



Turn Down 

 and Limerick 



the experiences of anglers differ just as widely as do their 

 scenes of operation. One man swears by the O'Shaugh- 

 nessy, and his neighbor by the Sproat; both are justified by 

 their experience. It is only after gathering the consensus 

 of opinions and reinforcing this by studious experiment that 



