ment, my fly-book consists of three principal divi- 

 sions, each 'of which again consists of two compart- 

 ments, one for hackles proper, and the other for 

 winged flies ; and I can turn to the colour and suit 

 myself with a hook of the size wanted with the 

 greatest facility. 



TWEDDELL. I have known some gentlemen 

 who were seldom successful in taking many trout, 

 though their assortment of flies was most extensive. 

 They have wanted perseverance, and have wasted 

 their time and lost their patience in fiddle-faddling 

 and changing their flies, when they should have 

 kept fishing on. I seldom change my flies after 

 "beginning to fish, in a stream which I am well ac- 

 quainted with, though I may sometimes keep walk- 

 ing and throwing for two or three hours, and scarcely 

 catching so many fish. I have, notwithstanding, 

 continued using the same flies, "because I was satis- 

 fied I could put on none more likely, till I found 

 the fish in a humour to feed; and have filled my 

 creel, when others less persevering, hut who had 

 perhaps tried a dozen different flies, walked home 

 with their creels toom. I do not think it a good plan 

 for an angler always to he adding flies to a stock 

 which he is not likely to use up for years. In 

 looking over a large "book of flies, "belonging to a 

 gentleman who prided himself on their number and 

 variety, I have found many moth-eaten and not fit 

 for use. An excellent fly-fisher of my acquaintance 

 generally carries his whole stock in the two pockets 



