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brown, one of the best if not the very best 

 flies that can be fished with, in its due sea- 

 son, on the Dove. We advise the learner to 

 try, as an exercise, to dress this fly. 



Having described, as plainly and as succinct- 

 ly as possible, the different modes of dressing ar- 

 tificial flies, we wish to point out, in a few words, 

 the advantages of the system we adopt and 

 recommend. Those advantages will be more 

 fully understood, if our system be compared 

 with the system of others. The learner will 

 remark, that all our operations commence near 

 the end of the shank of the hook, and termi- 

 nate at the bend nearly opposite the barbed 

 point of the hook. They possess, therefore, the 

 inestimable advantage of never-ceasing unifor- 

 mity. The reader will also remark, that the 

 silk is wound or whipped but once along the 

 hook, and that, in consequence, the body of 

 the fly must be neater than if the silk, as is 

 recommended by many authors, were whipped 

 twice, which is nearly always done by those 

 who commence their operations at the bend of 

 the hook. Time is also saved by following our 

 method. Nearly all our operations being per- 

 formed from right to left, the motions of the 

 hand necessary to perform them are, in conse- 

 quence, the most natural. That the reader 

 may have an opportunity of comparing our 



