THE 



FLY-FISHER'S TEXT-BOOK. 



CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER. PAGE. 



I. THE ANGLER'S PLEASURES 1 



II. OF BOOKS ON ANGLING 5 



THE ANGLER'S OUTFIT 7 



SIEBE'S WEIGHING MACHINE, with an Ulu$tration .. 8 



GUT 9 



SALMON GUT 11 



TROUT GUT 12 



REEL LINES 12 



SALMON REEL LINES 13 



TROUT REEL LINES 14 



REELS 15 



GAFF 17 



LANDING NET 18 



CLEARING RING, AND ROD SCYTHE 19 



TWISTING MACHINE 20 



THE FLY-FISHER'S DRESS 21 



WADING BOOTS, with an illustration 22 



III. FLY RODS 23 



COLOUR OF RODS 24 



TOP JOINTS 26 



SPLICED TOPS 27 



WHALEBONE TIPS 28 



ASH OR WILLOW BUTS 29 



HOLLOW BUTS 50 



THE GROOVE AND RING 31 



SPLICED RODS 32 



ELASTICITY OF RODS, with an illustration 34 



BALANCE OF RODS 38 



