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and when river scenery is to be viewed in its 

 fullest perfection. 



The rod to be used in dibbing must be about 

 sixteen feet long, and its top joints must be 

 stiffer than those of the fly-rod. Your fly reel 

 and line will do, and to the end of it you must 

 attach two yards of fine gut. When you use a 

 single hook, it must be a No. 5 Kendal. The 

 live flies are to be carried in a little wicker 

 basket, made for the purpose at Ashborne and 

 at other towns in the neighbourhood. The 

 ends of the osier twigs are not to be cut off on 

 the inside of the basket, but are to be allowed 

 to protrude, in order that the flies may perch 

 upon them, and be the more easily laid hold of. 

 When you fish with a single fly, insert the 

 hook through the back between the wings, 

 bringing its point slightly out under one of 

 them. When you bait with two flies, follow 

 the directions of Cotton, viz., "First take one, 

 and putting the point of the hook into the 

 thickest part of his body, under one of his 

 wings, run it directly through, and out at the 

 other side ; and then taking the other fly, put 

 him on after the same manner, but with his 

 head the contrary way ; in which posture they 

 will live upon the hook, and play with their 

 wings, for a quarter of an hour or more ; but 

 you must have a care to keep their wings dry, 



