37 



Among the advantages of this box it will be noticed that when 

 the flies are stuck in the cork, the wings and hackles come between 

 the divisions, thus preventing the flies from being in any way 

 crushed an advantage, it may be observed in passing, much more 

 important than is often imagined. Flies that have been well 



EYED TROUT FLY BOX. 



squeezed in a fly-book certainly lose some of their original 

 ' crispness ' and life-like play of wing and hackle, especially when 

 first put on the casting-line, and it may be much doubted whether 

 they ever entirely regain what has been thus lost. 



The fly-box figured can of course be made of any size, to suit 

 the purpose either of a stock box for trout flies, or of a pocket 

 box for carrying salmon flies. 



Several fly -books, constructed with a box between the leaves, 

 and lined either with cork or felt, are also made. One of the 

 best I have met with is the registered (or patented) invention of 

 Messrs. Wm. Bartleetand Sons, of Redditch (explanatory illustra- 

 tions appended). I adopted a somewhat similar plan a few years 



