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and take more gaudily dressed ones, made on 

 B and BE hooks. 



I sent the colours to a gentleman to suit thi« 

 river some time ago, who told me it would be 

 an excellent one for salmon, were it well taken 

 care of. He made his own flies. 



I have also sent fishing colours, hackles, and 

 flies, to suit every river, or nearly so, in Great 

 Britain, to gentlemen residing on their hanks, 

 which has been a great advantage to me in 

 obtaining the knowledge of the local flies, but 

 in general my flies have succeeded best in the 

 hands of those Fly fishers who have made it 

 their study and practice. 



It will be seen that I have not withheld the 

 local flies for each river from accompanying 

 my own, and those great anglers who visit 

 Norway will find the Salmon flies in the plates 

 most killing, and it will be a great advantage 

 to them to have this book in their possession, 

 to give them a knowledge of fishing colours, 

 and the various modes of dressing both salmon 

 and trout flies, the delineation of which they 

 will see I have given to a nicety, having studied 

 from my youth, and learned from my own 

 observation. 



