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and certain patents or makes of those fishing articles, 

 most of which they will of necessity require. 



The advertisers are those firms with which I have 

 been in the habit of dealing, and whose goods are, from 

 my own peisonal knowledge, thoroughly trustworthy 

 and useful. It must not be supposed, however, that I 

 advise my reader to leave the tradesman with whom 

 he has been accustomed to deal, and to patronize any 

 one of those whose advertisements I insert. The trade 

 is an honest one, and my experience is naturally limited, 

 and therefore, if satisfied with his present treatment, 

 he will be well advised to continue his custom where 

 he is well known. 



But there are specialities and patents which deserve 

 to be known and which cannot be purchased from all 

 dealers ; these I have specially mentioned when well 

 known to myself. 



It is a pleasure to draw the attention of my readers 

 to the fact that, with one exception, the articles I 

 mention are English-made, and to think that in my 

 favourite sport we are almost entirely independent of 

 foreign manufactured goods. 



THE ROD 



The student when purchasing a rod, even when he 

 has the help of an experienced friend, should con- 

 sider which method of fly fishing he is prepared to 

 adopt, and whether he is going to fish up or down 

 stream. 



