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The other hook-makers, with one consent, agree in a general 

 non possumus f However, this is a matter which anglers, and 

 especially angling authors, have practically in their own hands ; 

 and I don't doubt that hook-makers will eventually find themselves 

 obliged, for their own interest's sake, to adopt one logical and 

 uniform system of numbers. 



The so-called "Redditch Scale" is, in reality, no 'scale' at all, 

 because every Redditch Hook Maker introduces apparently his 

 own variations, and with the remarkable result that in some cases 

 there are positively several sizes of difference between hooks of the 

 same bend and bearing identical numbers / If I am asked to give 

 ' Chapter and Verse ' for this somewhat startling statement, I refer 

 the reader to a letter published in the Fishing Gazette of the 25th 

 Dec., 1886, in which I adduce actual examples of the discrepancies 

 alluded to. 



BOXES FOR EYED-FLIES. 



The growing demand for eyed-flies has produced a corres- 

 ponding supply of the requisites especially appropriate for their 

 use. First amongst these are suitable boxes for storing flies, and 

 for carrying them in the pocket at the water side a distinction 

 however which in many instances resolves itself into one simply 

 of size. 



A full sized box tor Trout-flies intended for pocket purposes, 

 the invention of Chas. Farlow and Co., 191, Strand, London is 

 made of japanned tin (black outside and white inside), divided 

 with strips of cork, each piece of cork supported by and fitted 

 into a tin groove to prevent its moving as well as to enable the 

 cork to be replaced when worn out. Weight of box, 6 oz. ; length, 



6 in. ; width, 3 J in. ; depth when closed, in. Arranged to hold 



7 doz. flies (registered). 



