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light, and for this reason should never be wrapped round 

 outside the fisherman's cap, and the rod when not in use 

 should be placed in the shade. 



Before using your cast, every length should be carefully 

 examined and tested. The gut should slip easily and 

 smoothly between the fingers ; it should exhibit no bright 

 isolated patches, being of a uniform colour and tint through- 

 out its length. Always remove your casts at night from 

 the damping-box. 



I prefer a very light blue or green tint for the colour ol 

 my cast. 



THE DRY FLY Box 



The modern tendency as regards the size and shape of 

 the boxes holding those flies which it is desirable or necessary 

 to carry during any day's fishing, is to have a box as light 

 and serviceable as possible, and at the same time small 

 enough to be conveniently carried in any of the coat 

 pockets. 



In the protected design shown on Plate LXI. will be 

 seen a fly box which possesses all these advantages, and 

 which will also act as an entomological guide to the hsher- 

 man. The divisions are numbered, and the flies they 

 contain are clearly seen without lifting the transparent lid 

 of each compartment. The lid of the box contains two 

 receptacles for May fly, or any other desired flies, and 

 underneath are a series of lines marked with numbers, 

 corresponding to the respective fly compartments below 

 them. The names of the flies, therefore, which are kept 

 in any one division should be written in ink on the 

 line which is marked with a corresponding number, and 

 this box becomes at once an entomological guide. For 

 instance, if a fisherman is told that the Red Quill is being 

 taken by the trout, if he does not know this fly, he looks at 



