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imitations are so true to nature that these 

 fish have no chance. 



I do in all sincerity recommend Miss 

 Bowness to be careful, should she ever 

 venture upon picking a trout or salmon 

 peel, for if some day or other the bone of 

 some spiteful fish do no choke her, I am 

 no true pjrophet. There is a world of 

 mischief in her fingers. 



Mr. Bowness, who is a most intelligent 

 person, will give the angler every informa- 

 tion as to the best flies ; and any re- 

 commendation from him can be strictly 

 relied on. Those I have named will be 

 found very killing — the green, 9'^^!/, '^^^ 

 black drake, will be found very useful, as 

 well as the Palmer. 



Trout are, in some respects, like the fair 

 sex. I do not mean as to tickling ; but 

 they are capricious, and will refuse a fly 

 that five minutes previously they have 

 risen at and taken voraciously. 

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