KLY NOXES. 33 



Fly Books, Boxes, et cetera. 



Having lost many flies out of the boxes and 

 books usually sold, I at last adopted the following 

 little device of a friend, which has certainly served 

 to retain them better, and to keep them in better 

 order for selection. Several round pieces of card- 

 board, as fig. 8, plate 3, are first fitted to the box. 

 At the centre of each of these is fixed a piece of 

 cork, round which two concentric circles of stitches 

 of gut (or sometimes very well waxed fine silk 

 thread) are formed, and they are covered at the 

 back (or under side of the card) with a piece of 

 paper pasted over them. On the upper side and 

 under these stitches the barbs of the hooks are 

 passed, the long ends of the gut are put through 

 a hole in the centre of the cork, and these cards 

 are packed in the box over each other, without 

 injury or derangement to the flies upon them. 



The Basket or Creel should not be large and 

 cumbersome, and should neatly fit the back. 



The Landing-net should be light, the handle 

 long, and the net deep. 



Nothing need here be said of the usual and 

 very necessary Clearing ring, or of a few other little 

 necessaries, conveniences, and luxuries, which 

 tackle-makers know so well how to describe and 

 recommend. These gentlemen should be listened 



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