FLY FISHING KNIFE. 55 



" Fishing for Pleasure and Catching It," at the moderate price 

 of 35. 6d.* 



Now fish up that run, beginning where you saw the 

 rise in the pool below it. Cast your fly just where the 

 rush of the stream begins to lessen, and let it float 

 well down. Strike ! Well done ! Bring the fish down into 

 the pool, so as not to frighten the others in the stream above. 

 Keep him out of that dark deep bend, where the blackberry 

 bushes hang over the stream. That's right ; don't touch 

 your net until you have beaten him. Shorten your line a 

 bit more, and now use your net; stoop down as much as 

 you can so as to keep out of sight, not only of the fish on 

 your line, but of others which may have followed him down. 

 Well done ! Give me the fish and dry your fly again, and 

 try the run right up from where you caught your last. 

 Never mind looking for a rise, there are sure to be 

 fish there. Well done again, and a good one, but you struck 

 with your arm and shoulder and have broken your cast. 

 Now quickly, we must not lose time while the fish are taking 

 so freely. You see this round and flat cast box, it has some 

 slightly moist white flannel in it, a spare cast, and some fine 

 points. Let me see your cast. Yes, you have broken off the 

 lower point. See, I take out a point, look at it with my 



* This knife, "Shaw's Fly Fishing Knife," was designed to meet the necessities 

 of the fly fisherman. It contains a strong pair of scissors, a good blade, a long and fine 

 pricker for eyed hooks, a disgorger at the end of a four- faced splitting file of the 

 keenest temper, and a useful screw-driver. The scissors can be used also as nippers. 

 Its length is 3^ inches, breadth J inch, width inch, it weighs 2 ounces only and has 

 a shackel at one end. For a full description and drawing of this knife see page ix. 



