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fish you endeavour to catch, that it is absolutely 

 necessary (unless you would throw away your 

 money and time) to find out what sort of flies 

 frequent the rivers you are going to fish. 



" But how am I to know this ? " says the inex- 

 perienced artist. One way, and a wise way, is to 

 buy your flies in the neighbourhood of the river 

 you are going to fish, at the nearest town. This, 

 however, I know, is not always to be done ; yet 

 on most streams you meet with knowing hands, 

 who would supply you with a few patterns, some 

 of which you might forward to London by the 

 post, have them made to perfection, and sent 

 before those given to you were worn out. 

 Should your stay be short on any particular 

 stream, write beforehand and get the proper flies 

 from the neighbourhood of the river, at least a 

 pattern or two, that you may have them made up 

 before you leave your home. Would you wish to 

 have them made to perfection, I strongly recom- 

 mend FARLEY, in the Strand, whose shop is 

 furnished with fishing tackle of exquisite work- 

 manship, and who is a noted fisherman. 



I have been rather particular in the above 

 directions, knowing from experience that unless 

 your flies be of the sort that frequent the river 

 you fish in, your labour, if not in vain, will be very 



