810 Fly-rods and Fly-tackle. 



not call a friend and go at the joints as though you 

 were wringing clothes ; but warm the obstinate ferrule 

 over a lamp chimney, and it will easily separate. You 

 must remember that the object is to expand the outer 

 before the heat reaches the inner ferrule ; and to do this 

 the heat must be applied but for a few seconds, turning 

 the ferrule constantly so that all parts may receive their 

 due proportion, and then try to separate it. If it re- 

 fuses, repeat the operation until it consents. 



Heat, properly and continuously applied, is extremely 

 efficacious when opposed to obstinacy of any form a 

 principle well known even prior to the Middle Ages, 

 though its highest development was then reached. If, 

 however, the angler seizes one joint and his friend the 

 other, a sudden and powerful jerk will often separate 

 ferrules, which have obstinately resisted both torsion and 

 a steady pull. 



NOVICE. Here is a fly, the only one of the kind I 

 have. The trout seemed to have a decided preference 

 for this to-day, but the gut is so frayed I fear to use 

 it to-morrow. Can it be repaired ? 



ANGLER. Yes ; it will not look very well, but it may 

 be used. Let me see the fly. Have you a spare piece 

 of gut, or if not, a spare leader, from which we can cut 

 a foot or so ? 



NOVICE. Here is a leader. 



ANGLER. First we will soak it in tepid water till it is 

 soft ; then saving the looped end intact, we tie a hard 

 knot in the other end to prevent its slipping ; then we 

 wrap it above the knot with well waxed silk on to the 

 upper side of the hook, just below the body, and over 

 the tail ; then part the wings with a pin, and lay the 

 gut in the division and upon the upper side of the body, 



