" That we are wise men, I shall not stoop to maintain, but that 

 we do love angling we are assured of, and therein, we know that 

 we are in unison with very many greatly wise and wisely good 

 men." Thaddeus Norris. 



" The true angler is not confined to fly-fishing, as many imag- 

 ine. When the fly can be used it always should be used, but 

 where the fly is impracticable, or where fish will not rise to it, he 

 is a very foolish angler who declines to use bait." W. C. Prime. 



" The creative power of genius can make a feather-fly live, and 

 move, and have being ; and a wisely stricken fish gives up the 

 ghost in transports." " J. Cypress, Jr." 



64. Jungle Cock. 65. Lake Green. 66. Jenny Lind. 



67. Poor Man's Fly. 68. Pheasant. 69. Romeyn. 



70. Morrison. 71. Katy-did. 72. Claret. 



73. Hoskins. 74. Caldwell. 75. Iron Dun. 



76. Queen of the 77. Olive Gnat. 78. Brown Coflin. 

 Water. 



" The deftly-tossed fly, taking wing on the nerve of a masterly 

 cast, will drop gracefully far out in the stream where the heavier 

 gear of the bait rod would never aspire to reach." Charles Hal- 

 lock. 



" Fly-fishing may well be considered the most beautiful of all 

 rural sports." " Frank Forester." 



" To be a perfect trout fisher, to my mind, a man should follow 

 no other branch of fishing. It spoils his hand if he does. I my- 

 self, from the practice of striking so hard in both salmon, pike 

 and other fishing, lose numbers of fish and flies in the course of 

 the season ; and what makes it the more vexing is that they are 

 nearly always the best and heaviest fish." Francis Francis. 



