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and, recognizing this fact, I think I shall 

 do well to say no more upon the subject. 

 Here is the idea. 



MB. E. M. TOD'S TRIPLE GUT HINGE, FOB FLIES. 



Last upon my list, are the deadly little 

 double-hooked midge-flies, so well tied by 

 Messrs. Forrest & Sons, of Kelso and 

 London, and also by Messrs. Turnbull & 

 Co., of 60, Princes Street, Edinburgh. 



Two round-bend hooks (" Hutchinson's," 

 size 00) are simply tied together, side by 

 side, in the ordinary process of dressing the 

 fly itself. 



When the fly is about to be used, the 

 two hooks must be opened out, by means 

 of the finger or thumb nails, till they are 

 at an angle slightly greater than that of 



