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The Angler's Tackle Box 



" I have heard of a Macedonian way of catching fish, 

 and it is this : They fasten red wool round a hook and 

 Jit on to the wool two feathers which grow under a cock's 

 wattles, and which in color are like wax. Their rod is 

 six feet long." ^ELIAN (second century). 



" I mean therefore to 

 put on a gayer fly than 

 any we have used hither- 

 to." REV. HENRY 

 NEWLAND. 



O Preserve Feathers. To 

 preserve feathers from 

 moths keep them in tin 

 cases, with plenty of 

 black pepper ground 

 fine, and leave a bit of 

 sponge, well saturated 

 with spirits of turpen- 

 tine, in the case. 



Pliers. Two pairs of 



watchmaker's pliers are 

 With these you 



the smallest 



handy when fly-fishing. 



can untie the smallest knot in the finest 



silk line or leader, and do innumerable 



other delicate jobs. 



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