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• The dyeing of feathers is, however, a very nice and 

 comphcated business, and even after much trouble the 

 amateur can seldom succeed so well as persons who 

 make dyeing their single profession. Moreover their 

 dyes are in many cases secrets, not known even to the 

 tackle makers who employ them, and from whom I 

 advise all anglers to obtain their supplies of feathers 

 ready-dyed. 



Gimp. 



The thicknesses of the various sizes of gimp required 

 in fresh-water fishing, and the trade numbers, are shown 

 in the annexed engraving, 

 the sizes and numbers 

 being those of the best 

 gimp manufactured by 

 Messrs. Kenning, of Little 

 Britain, London. 



There are great diffe- 

 rences in the quality and 

 value of gimp, and it will 

 commonly be found the 

 wisest plan to obtain the 

 most expensive, as the difference between good and 

 bad cannot be judged by the eye and is often not 

 discovered until the discovery has cost the loss of 

 a good fish. The best rough and ready test is the 

 strength. 



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