THE 



COMPLETE FLY-FISH-ER. 



CHAP L 



Observation* concerning Artificial Fly-Angling, 

 with proper Directions for the Angler's Rods, 

 Lines, fyc* 



I H E art of artificial fly-fishing certainly has 

 the pre-eminence over the other various me- 

 thods that nre used to take fishes in the art of 

 angling. It requires a great deal of ingenuity 

 and attention, and the variety which attends it, 

 makes it at once both pleasant and agreeable. The 

 angler is not confined to any particular part of the 

 water in fly-fishing, but roves from one platte to 

 another, trying his fortune, by throwing his flies 

 into the different eddies, and the most likely 

 places he meets with, to make a captive of the 

 speckled trout ; enjoying at the same time the 

 harmonious warblings of the numerous songsters 

 of the groves ; beholding the diversity of the 

 prospects spread around him, and gaining that 

 health and serenity of mind, not to be purchased 

 by all the riches in the universe. The imita- 

 tions of nature, in regard to the flies necessary 

 fur use ; suiting the different colours so exactly 

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