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FISHING TACKLE 



stock up on eyed flies instead. These are better 

 in every way, but one advantage alone is suffi- 

 cient you have no snells to soak in changing 

 flies. Besides, the snells are a nuisance in every 

 way. It is almost impossible to keep the fly- 

 book in which they are kept tidy, and it is bulky 

 and awkward to handle on the stream. The 

 neat little aluminum fly-boxes (Figs. 12 and 13) 



Fig. 12. Eyed Fly-Box with Clips. 



Fig. 13. Eyed Fly-Box with Partitions and Transparent 

 Covers. 



