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Hooks : The hooks we ordinarily use, and 

 which in consequence we recommend, for fly- 

 fishing, are those manufactured at Kendal* 

 and at Redditch.f We find them in every 

 respect suitable to the purposes of the fly- 

 fisher. Before we state the proper sizes of 



few logwood scrapings, kept lukewarm with the gut in it 

 for twelve hours, will die the gut an excellent colour. 



"The angler should be careful to fit the link (colour of) 

 to the water ; the rest of the line is not so material. A 

 reddish sorrel hair, when the water is somewhat red on the 

 decline of a flood ; a light chesnut, when the water is of a 

 gray colour; a lead-colour is preferable when the water is 

 of an iron hue, which it frequently is in many rivers, when 

 full without over-flowing ; an amber foot-line is best when 

 the water is low and clear as crystal." Johnson's Sports- 

 man's Cabinet. 



A very old writer, author of the " Experienced Angler, 

 or Angling Improved," says, with regard to colour, " I like 

 sorrel, white, and gray best ; sorrel in muddy and boggy 

 rivers, both the other for clear waters. I never could find 

 such virtue or worth in other colours, to give them so high 

 praise as some do, yet if any other have worth in it, I must 

 yield it to the pale watery green, and if you fancy that you 

 may die it thus : Take a pottle of alum-water, a large 

 handful of marigolds, boil them until a yellow scum arise ; 

 then take half a pound of green copperas, and as much 

 verdigris, beat them into a fine powder, put those with the 

 gut into the alum-water, set all to cool for twelve hours, 

 then take out the gut and lay it to dry." 



" For discoloured water it may be necessary to stain the 

 gut ; but in clear water ocular demonstration will prove 

 that white is the least perceptible colour." Bainbridge. 



*The best Kendal hooks are manufactured by Messrs. 

 Adlington and Hutchinson, Kendal, Cumberland. 



t The best Redditch hooks are manufactured by Mr. 

 Richard Wyers) and by Mr. Charles Swan, both of 

 Redditch, Worcestershire. 



