40 Lry-Fly Fishing. 



For the crimson and scarlet boxes cut out for each 

 one round of strong linen-rag-made white paper to 

 fit inside and lightly cling there. Then prick four 

 or five dozen pin-holes in lines across the paper, 

 with sufficient space between the holes, and also 

 between the lines of holes ; that done, carefully 

 place your flies therein, the barb of each hook quite 

 through each hole separately ; and by final touches 

 somewhat arrange the wings of the flies to set 

 sloping one way. Also previously, to facilitate 

 your selection of a particular pattern you want, in 

 an emergency or at dusk, you may write the dry-fly 

 entomological names above them. Thus in two 

 boxes you may safely carry eight or ten dozen of 

 flies, and they are all so securely fixed in the paper 

 that the wind will not be likely to blow them away, 

 and moreover each fly can be taken out as required, 

 without pulling or ruffling its wings, by nipping 

 the pin-hole with the point of your scissors, and 

 then' with the latter lifting the fly out by the wire 

 of the hook. This is, I submit, a very ingenious 

 plan of mine, and has never before been made 

 public. One thing more ; do not return to the box 

 any flies that have been used stick those in your 

 fishing cap in the usual manner, but do not keep 

 too many there, as they bleach in the sun, rust in 

 the wet, and spoil. At every opportunity, there- 

 fore, when the fish are rising freely, old flies 



