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So now I have said my say about rods and rod woods, reels, 

 reel lines, hooks, knots, and angling paraphernalia generally; and 

 I repeat that I am not so sanguine as to suppose that anything 

 I have adduced will convert a single veteran to deviate a hair's 

 breadth from his own approved patterns and theories, to add a 

 few eyed hooks to his fly case, or to shorten the length of 



MR. EARDLEY HOLT'S CLEARING KNIFE. 



salmon rod a single inch. . . . And this is just as it should be. 

 Uniformity would be monotonous, and I am all for 'liberty 

 of conscience ' especially in matters piscatorial. These pages 

 may, however, possibly meet the eye of the tyro just about to 

 start on his first angling campaign, and if any hints I may have 

 thrown out should help him to equip himself effectively I shall 

 be pleased. 



