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be made in the first place, and in order to make this 

 selection judiciously, those who have fished, or who are 

 fishing, on the particular stretch of water to which the 

 fisherman is bound, should be written to, and not only 

 the names of the flies which are used, but the sizes 

 which may be recommended, should be purchased for this 

 particular fishing visit. 



The reader should remember that each fishing centre has 

 at least one local tackle dealer, and that such tackle maker 

 is the best authority to whom to apply for information as 

 regards the best Salmon or Trout flies to use. Therefore, it 

 is well, when fishing a district new to the fisherman, that he 

 should take advantage of such local knowledge and give 

 the flies most commonly recommended in each district 

 a trial. 



The leading fishing tackle firms, or agents, whose estab- 

 lishments are near those rivers which are to be visited 

 such as Malloch for Scotland, Cummins for the North of 

 England, Wyers Freres for the North of France, etc., 

 can be relied on, not only for selling the best class of flies, 

 but for giving the soundest advice as to the flies most 

 commonly used, or which are most likely to kill. 



THE FLY FISHERMAN'S KNIFE 



No ordinary article becomes more endeared to the average 

 man than a good knife. To the fisherman a knife is indis- 

 pensable, and in the knife shown in the diagram he is able to 

 obtain one which contains all the tools he is likely to require at 

 home or at the river-side. It is light, thin, and can be 

 carried comfortably in any pocket ; furthermore, it is made 

 throughout of the best material and silver plated. I have 

 already shown in Chapters II. and III. the usefulness of 

 this knife. 



The tool, which acts as a file, lancet and disgorger, makes 



