8 BROOK AND RIVER TROUTING 



for Trout and Grayling Fishing, which is the most 

 practical and exhaustive treatise on the subject known 

 to the writers. 



The illustrations, facing this page, of both sides 

 of a Snipe's wing will show the reader the precise 

 places from which the various wing feathers, described 

 in the text, are taken, and while the descriptions of 

 the feathers may not satisfy the naturalist, they are 

 sufficient for the purposes of the writers. 



It is naturally of importance in fly-dressing to use 

 no hooks but the best, and it will be found that Hardy 

 Bros.' tapered snecks are satisfactory in every respect, 

 except that they are on the long side. If about one- 

 sixteenth of an inch be cut off the shank with an old 

 pair of scissors before dressing the fly, a more useful 

 length will be attained, as artificial flies are much more 

 killing if kept short in the body. Stress is laid on this ; 

 and it will be seen from the illustrations of the flies 

 that the tail ends of the bodies are not carried further 

 down the hook than half way between the point of the 

 hook and the point of the barb. For the two floating 

 Spinners, Hardy Bros.' Dry Fly Eyed Hooks are 

 recommended. The numbers of the hooks given in 

 the text correspond with the numbers enumerated in 

 Hardy Bros.' catalogue. 



The writers prefer to dress their flies to gut, 4X being the 

 most suitable grade ; but good hair, if it can be obtained, 

 will be found delightful to fish with, as a cast made 



