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and beautifully less' to the fly. I seldom fish 

 with more than two. Much has been said about 

 killing trout with one hair; but I don't mean 

 to try it, and I do not recommend it. Fine 

 gut can now be got in Church Passage, Picca- 

 dilly, as fine as any Flanders mare's tail I ever 

 saw. 



BOOK OF FLIES. Many gentlemen carry 

 large assortments. I do not approve of this, 

 as they get old, and the gut gets dry. The 

 moth gets into your book also, without great 

 care ; carry a little tobacco-leaf in it. The 

 irons also get rusty, as you occasionally take 

 out your book in a shower of rain. Now, I 

 am one of those who think there is a great deal 

 too much said and fuss made, about flies. I 

 have seen every kind of fly kill in the same 

 hour and in the same day, sometimes four or 

 five of us fishing rivers and streams with all 

 colours and sizes of hooks. I prefer the March- 

 dun, a red hackle, or a yellowish or brown fly, 

 like the Professor, and a palmer or two. More 

 fish with large flies than with small ones. A 

 prevailing notion, especially among beginners, 

 is, that fish do not see them ; not a greater 

 mi-take. Trout, I have no doubt, see every 



