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may be made large, and will kill large Thames 

 Trout of 3, 4, and 5 Ibs. weight, and Salmon 

 Trout, with great success. The feather at the 

 shoulder should be a large furnace hackle from 

 the rump of a game cock, and the ostrich herl 

 should be wound thickest there. The gold twist 

 should be shown clearly at the tail, and the tail- 

 hook should be large and strong. 



Hook No. 7, Palmers. 



Not many years ago, a gentleman had just 

 arrived, about the middle of June, as a stranger 

 at a Fishing Station on the Thames. Meeting 

 the head fisherman of the place by the water- 

 side, he asked " What Fly was most successful in 

 raising the Thames Trout there;" and receiving 

 no immediate reply, suggested the above "Large 

 Red Palmer." "Oh no !" was the reply: "per- 

 fectly useless." " Indeed ! " said the gentleman, 

 " it raises large Trout everywhere else in Eng- 

 land.' 7 " It's useless here, however." " Well, I 

 shall give it the first trial, nevertheless." 



That evening the gentleman went down about 

 half-past six, and about seven o'clock had landed 

 a Trout of 3 J Ibs. with a fly made as above. 



Another evening he hooked and played a 

 larger, and lost it. Subsequently he took two 

 one morning, before 7 A.M., the larger of which 

 weighed 5 \ Ibs. ; and various others. 



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