duction of a hook into the worm whilst 

 living, or the extraction of a gorg-ed hook 

 from the entrails of a ravenous fish. 



Such indeed are the pleasures and advan- 

 tages derived from this mode of Angling, 

 that some of our best modern poets have 

 considered its praises as worthy "their talents 

 and attention. Vide Thomson, gay, arm- 

 strong, waller, Sec. 



OF 



fll iA^lliAILS 



USED IN 



FLY FISHING. 



Having set forth a few of the prominent 

 recommendations of the art, it remains to 

 conduct the reader, if an admirer of the 

 pursuit, to the practical system; which 

 having been founded upon the experience 



