If the names of inventors and tackle-makers are frequently 

 mentioned in these pages, if is by no means with the intention of 

 puffing the wares or manufactures of particular firms or persons, 

 but from the simple necessity ', for the reader's convenience, of 

 telling him how or where he can procure what he is advised to 

 use information without which the advice would be of little 

 practical advantage. Many of the recent improvements in fishing- 

 tackle^ <5rv., are, moreover^ either patented or registered, and 

 therefore the property of individuals who are also entitled to the 

 credit of their inventions. 



