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ster, you will lose them easier than you 

 imagine. 



Be careful to select finely made and 

 new goods the best material from the 

 best makers. 



Avoid the cheap, dried-up, duster- 

 feather, clumsy penny-a-dozen abomina- 

 tions. They are tied by shop girls who 

 do not even know what they 're used for, 

 and sold by indifferent shopmen who may 

 never have seen a trout stream and who 

 could n't perhaps distinguish a trout from 

 a codfish. 



Let your flies come from persons who 

 flail them as well as make and sell them. 



The man who does not angle and study 

 the natural history of trout and trout 

 flies cannot tie a fly correctly, and he will 

 not for penny-wise -and -pound-foolish 

 business reasons use proper material in 

 its making. 



This person seldom sees an artificial 

 fly outside of a showcase and would hand 

 you dried-up goods that would snap from 



