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raise up the dubbing gently from the warp; 

 twitch off the superfluous hairs of your dubbing ; 

 leave the wings of an equal length your fly 

 will never else swim true and the work is 

 done." 



All Mr. Cotton's directions for fly-dressing 

 are included in this extract, and they only 

 teach how to make the easiest of winged flies 

 the fly with simple dubbing for body. See 

 our fourth Rule. 



We have attentively studied the directions 

 for fly-making given by the following authors, 

 Rennie, Hansard, Best, Ronalds, Taylor, &c. 

 but we confess, that, to our comprehension, 

 they appear either so complicated, or so 

 obscure, as to prevent us from laying any 

 portion of them before our readers. Messrs. 

 Best and Ronalds are particularly elaborate in 

 their instructions, how to make the different 

 sorts of palmer-flies, but we question whether, 

 notwithstanding their minuteness, they have 

 succeeded in their praise-worthy intentions. 

 Bowlker's directions are a mere unacknow- 

 ledged condensation of those of Mr. Bainbridge, 

 but as we consider the latter gentleman the 

 best fly-dresser that has hitherto appeared in 

 the shape of an author, we shall copy his gen- 

 eral directions in full, in order that the reader 

 may compare them with ours. 



