PRACTICAL FLY-FISHER. 5 



Hair lines, if fine, are to be preferred for fly-fishing; 

 silk, or silk and hair soon rot, and when thick, imbibe 

 too much water, and by falling clumsily on the river, 

 scare the fish. 



Reels or winches are best fitted by the rod- maker. 

 I do not prefer greatly those called multipliers, thinking 

 them more liable to get out of order than the plain 

 ones. 



IMPLEMENTS FOE FLY-MAKING. 



THE implements useful in Fly-making are a good double- 

 bladed knife, in which are contained a pair of tweezers, 

 (useful for taking up hooks or other small articles ;) and 

 a phleme, such as is used in bleeding horses, (useful for 

 cutting off superfluous hair, silk, or feather.) 



A pair of small pointed scissors. 



A dubbing-needle made by putting the thick end of 

 a large needle into a stick. 



Two or three pairs of small nippers. 



A stout knitting-needle will make two pairs, they 

 are of the greatest service for holding small feathers, 

 hackles, &c. 



Some fly-makers use a small vice, I prefer the 

 fingers. 



