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OF Fly-making, Angling, and Dyeing 

 OF Colours. It is also interspersed with 

 many useful remarks that will no doubt 

 agreeably entertain my readers. 



No man lias taken such pains to improve 

 upon the angler's craft as I ; on every article 

 in the whole range of fishing tackle I have 

 made some improvement on rods, flies, lines, 

 reels, and tackle of every sort ; and in these 

 pages have left a lasting memorial of my 

 handicraft to the fly-fisher, from whom I 

 have hidden nothing that might retard him in 

 his progress, and who will appreciate it for 

 the great deal of matter propounded in little 

 compass to prevent incumbrance ; that the 

 lovers of fly fishing, which has superior 

 claims, may have an opportunity of keeping 

 it in their side pocket, — to be convenient and 

 handy when on their piscatory excursions, the 

 exercise and variety of which will be found 

 advantageous to the health, and the calming 

 of the mind — things not to be purchased ; 

 enjoying at the same time the harmonious 

 notes of the warblers of the grove, and musing 



