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J. I am, as you know, but a novice 

 in fly-fishing, so I shall implicitly follow 

 your advice, which is a very fair answer 

 to some of the quackeries on Angling. 

 " Put on a palmer or hackle," says one 

 oracle, " and another fly supposed to be 

 in season, and when you have taken a 

 fish, open his belly and see which he has 

 been feeding on, then use a fly of the 

 same colour." 



S. I have heard the same stuff gravely 

 enunciated by people who never once 

 paused to consider its utter absurdity, and 

 who set me down as a Johnny-raw in 

 the science, when I ventured to remark 

 that I would fish any river with three 

 palmers of my own choosing. 



J. There must, however, be very differ- 

 ent fishing in different rivers, some requir- 

 ing more dexterity than others. The Irish 

 and Scotch are good anglers, I believe. 



S. Undoubtedly ; but some of them 



