EXPERIENCES WITH "BOB' 65 



Blue Hawk . . . Dressed with a small feather 



from the top of the wing 

 of a merlin, and body with 

 mole's fur, ribbed with 

 yellow silk. 



Partridge and Orange .. Dressed with a small soft 



feather from the neck and 

 down the back of a part- 

 ridge. 



All dressed on Allcock's No. 14 Hooks. 



Fish generally took a fancy to some of these if 

 the non-entomological makers were not waving their 

 arms about on the banks, and so plainly telling 

 them of the schemes which had been prepared for 

 their undoing under the old corner cupboard. 



I was, of course, always a learner, and to " Bob " 

 teaching seemed to be as much a delightful and 

 surprising experience as learning. For to him my 

 stupidity was a delight almost akin to another kind 

 of learning, and an experience which never seemed 

 to pall. 



We read no fishing books and had actually never 

 heard of any at that time. It was, as a matter of 

 fact, not till ten full years after my novitiate with 

 " Bob " that a friend lent me Mr Stewart's " Practical 

 Angler." 



From all our talks and discussions the inquiring 

 theorist, whose ways have since become partially 

 known to me, could, no doubt, have sorted out 



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