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has been given in the text. A few other 

 alterations too will be found. Particular 

 attention has been bestowed on the Double 

 Palmers, as these are so important a feature 

 in the work, and so deservedly celebrated. 

 There are anglers on the Dove who never 

 use any other fly on their lash but two of 

 these Palmers, Nos. 45 and 46. This, 

 however, is going to an extreme, and 

 savours of prejudice, or laziness, rather 

 than of sportsmanlike skill and industry. 

 Such anglers seldom make their own flies ; 

 and unless this accomplishment has been 

 attained, half the pleasure of fly-fishing has 

 not been tasted. 



As this book is intended to encourage 

 and assist the observation and ingenuity of 

 the young angler, the instructions have 

 been in places simplified, as in the section 

 showing " How to make a Fly ; " for to en- 

 cumber the process with " invisible knots," 

 and other niceties, seemed too discouraging 

 to the beginner; and he will find that 

 newly made flies will not come to pieces 

 (though finished with a very simple knot) 

 before the gut is frayed near the head of 



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