TREATISE ON FLY-FISHING. 3/ 



either the above articles. These necessary ap- 

 pendages should be of the best quality, to ensure 

 which, purchase them from a maker of known 

 celebrity. In the first place, procure a twelve-foot 

 rod, which has a uniform even play; avoid a 

 cheap, second rate article, nine times out of ten it 

 will be found to warp, crack, or snap off ; or if it 

 escapes these calamities, the ferrels will become 

 loose, or the rings through which the line passes 

 will check or chafe it at every throw. Let your 

 reel and line be of the best workmanship, the size 

 of the former and length of the latter the maker 

 will inform you ; the twelve-foot rod indicates a 

 narrow river, requiring the other articles in pro- 

 portion. The casting lines should be seven or 

 even eight feet long, made of round gut, small by 

 degrees, and beautifully less to the end, where the 

 stream-fly is attached. They must be stained 

 light blue, for clear; brown, for red or pale ale 

 coloured water : our rivers are frequently of this 

 colour, occasioned by the rain percolating through 



