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worms or bait of any kind, with only a few be- 

 draggled flies in your book which you have car- 

 ried for show ; then you will fall to and use them, 

 and lo, all at once a fish will be hooked: you will 

 have become a fly-fisher. 



Later on I am going to devote a chapter to 

 the matter of flies, pattern, size, manufacture, 

 etc., but here I give a list of a possible half-dozen 

 which should prove successful anywhere, any 

 time. Remember, this is just one fellow's list. 

 No. 1, Professor. No. 2, Coachman. No. 3, 

 Brown Hackle. No. 4, Beaverkill. No. 5, 

 Silver Doctor. No. 6, Scarlet Ibis. I would 

 have these tied on Nos. 10, 12, and 14 hooks, with 

 perhaps a few on No. 8 for use if those large ones 

 of which we dream are rising. You understand 

 my position: three sizes of each pattern, and I 

 would not think of going with less than three of 

 a size. This is my list, and now, "Lay on, Mac- 

 duff, and" 



It is too bad, but in a work of this character 

 we must dismiss the matter of tackle with little 

 better than a word. Probably more has been 

 written regarding rods than flies which is say- 

 ing that no mere man can read it all. My 

 trenchant is for a split bamboo rod of the best 

 grade possible to afford, for it seems to me there 



