APPENDIX 415 



this index which should be written up when the box 

 is filled finds the name of the fly and at once ascertains 

 the number of the compartment in which it is contained, 

 and he will thus acquire a knowledge of its exact colour 

 and appearance. 



If, on the other hand, he sees a fly on the water and 

 wishes to know its name, he catches one (see Fly Net, page 

 411), and searches for a similar fly in one of the compart- 

 ments. Directly he has found one that resembles it, he 

 discovers its name by referring to the number on the lid of 

 the box corresponding to the compartment in which it is 

 kept. 



The names of the flies written on the lid in ink can be 

 easily rubbed out, and other names substituted, and thus this 

 fly box can be made to carry from seventeen to twenty 

 varieties of flies, and the varieties can be altered from day to 

 day if desired. 



On the lid of the box will also be found an exact table 

 of the old and modern numbering of the flies, which will 

 be found most useful when it is necessary to order a certain 

 sized fly by letter or telegram from the fly-maker. 



THE FISHING SPECTACLES 



As the years roll on and Nature begins to exact her toll 

 on our faculties, the difficulty of threading the fine points 

 of our cast through the minute eye of our trout fly will 

 perhaps be more and more noticeable, and we shall find 

 that in order to do so we have to hold our fly and our line a 

 little further and further from the eye. 



Our oculist will tell us that we must wear glasses, etc. ; 

 and when we get to our stream we shall then find that the 

 ordinary form of spectacles or pince-nez, while they restore 

 our sight, become in other respects an intolerable 

 nuisance. 



