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a finer bodied fly, I took them out all round him." F. S. Perkin, 

 Fishing Gazette, Sept. 6th, 1884. 



" Should he not kill fish with them, he may rest assured that the 

 fault lies with himself in some way or other, which remark also applies to 

 the splendid series of bumbles and up-winged duns manufactured by 

 Messrs. Foster Bros, of Ashbourne. Fishing Gazette, Oct. 20, 1883. 



" I put on a stout collar and a big two-hooked construction, invented 

 by old David Foster, and known to Derbyshire anglers as the Woolly 

 Bear. I ought to have used it in the middle of the day, but overlooked 

 this. I took several brace of fine fish with it in a short space of time." 

 Field, Sept. 16, 1884. 



" The late David Foster was the father of the firm. He was a fine 

 old angler, and famed far and wide for his skill in fly tying ; and Mr. 

 Aldam, editor of the ' Quaint Treatise on Flies and Fly Making,' 

 referred to him as one of the most accomplished fly makers of the day. 

 The duns and bumbles made by old David's successors are still 

 amongst the most beautiful of manufactured specimens." Field, May, 

 1885. 



" I see that Mr. F. N. Halford, who has just published ' Floating 

 Flies, and how to dress them,' quotes from, and approves of, Mr. 

 Foster's theories as to water flies. Even the well-known angler, Mr. T. 

 E. Pritt, says in his excellent book, ' Yorkshire Flies ' ' A trout will 

 sometimes take any fly that is presented to him, but it is as well to 

 remember that, in nine cases out of ten, he will not look at anything 

 but the fly which is on the water so long as the rise is on.' This is 

 quite correct, and as a winged imitation can be made to resemble the 

 natural insect better than a hackle fly can, Mr. Pritt's argument may be 

 said to be in favour of Mr. Foster's recommendations." Preston 

 Guardian, April, 1886. 



" The late David Foster, of Ashbourne, was, I believe, the first to 

 originate the plan of dressing flies similar to the above-named, with 

 wings, which would retain an almost upright position when wet, or 

 subjected to heavy usage, and his method, as explained in his eminently 

 practical work, The Scientific Angler, is as follows : " (here a lengthy 

 quotation is given, which it is not needful to repeat). From "British 

 Angling Flies," by Michael Theakston (new edition). 



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