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Mr. Cotton, Mr. John Sidney Hawkins, Mr. Taylor, 

 Colonel Hawker, and an anonymous ancient author. 

 Hooking or striking a fish ; when and how to do so ; what 

 advice is to be rejected, and what followed j a word or 

 two from Mr. Rennie and Mr. Ronalds on the subject. 

 Playing a fish. How to judge whether you have hooked a 

 fish firmly or not : in either circumstance the method to 

 be adopted. The best general mode of playing a fish. 

 Importance of giving a fish sufficient line, and caution to 

 be observed in doing so : our father's successful practice. 

 In what way length of line acts upon the fish and tackle. 

 Keep your fish " under buckle." Playing a fish against 

 stream the worst practice possible : the reason : remarks 

 of Sir H. Davy : particular directions under peculiar cir- 

 cumstances. Landing a fish. The landing-net again 

 recommended : how to make use of it : important precau- 

 tions pointed out. How to kill your fish : crimping, when 

 advisable ; its effects. 



CHAPTER VI. 



On the different Materials used for dressing Artificial Flies ; 

 and the simplest, shortest, and best Mode of dressing them 

 pointed out. 



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Opinion as to written instructions. Plagiarisms of au- 

 thors. Always use our own flies. All the arcana of the 

 art divulged. Materials : the different sorts of silk ; fea- 

 thers for the wings and legs of flies ; dun-hackles and dun- 

 cocks ; other sorts of hackles ; dubbings, description of, 

 and where to be got ; herls and ribbing, where procured. 

 Eight general rules for dressing flies laid down: 1. to 

 make a plain hackle ; 2. how to make a palmer-fly ; 3. 

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