"I handle this brown hackle ' as gently as a relic, not alone 

 because it is the memento of an unusual achievement, but because 

 the sight of it brings up vividly before me the beautiful lake where 

 the trout lay ; its crystal waters ; the glinting of its ruffled sur- 

 face as the bright sun fell upon it; the densely wooded hills which 

 encircled it; the soughing of the tall pines as the summer's breeze 

 swept through their branches; and the thrill which coursed 

 through every nerve as trout after trout leaped to the cast, and, 

 after such manipulation and ' play ' as only those who have had 

 personal experience can comprehend, were duly captured." 

 George Dawson. 



" Don't be in too great a hurry to change your flies." Francis 

 Francis. 



i. Brown Hackle. 

 4. Yellow Hackle. 

 7. Black Hackle, 

 i. Emerald Gnat. 



2. Scarlet Hackle. 

 5. Ginger Hackle. 

 8. Coch-y-Bonddu. 

 2. Black Gnat. 

 Pennell Hackles. 



3. White Hackle. 

 6. Gray Hackle. 

 9. Gray Hackle. 

 3. Soldier Gnat. 



i. Brown Pennell. 2. Yellow Pennell. 3. Green Pennell. 



"And now we have got through the poetry of the art. Hith- 

 erto things have gone happy as a marriage bell. I unhesitatingly 

 declare, and I confidently appeal to my brother Angler, whether 

 he, a fly fisherman, does not feel similarly. To me fly-fishing is 

 a labor of love; the other is labor alone. But notwithstanding 

 such are my feelings, it by no means follows that every one else 

 so fancies it. Every one to his taste." Capt. Peel (" Dinks ") 



" When Spring comes round, look to your tackle with careful 

 inspection, and see that all are in perfect order. Above all, look 

 well to your flies ; reject all specimens that have been injured by 

 use, and all frayed gut lengths. It is better to throw away a 

 handful now, than to lose flies and heavy fish together the first 

 time you fasten to a rise. " Charles Hallock. 



