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mological non-descript, which, if used with tole- 

 rable skill, will clearly let him see, that, in spite of 

 what the old gnostics teach, it does not require 

 more wisdom to delude trouts than it does to govern 

 the world. "Where fules and fish," said an old an- 

 gler, unwittingly paraphrasing a maxim of antiquity, 

 " are willing to "be beguiled, it is no sae very fine 

 a flee that is needed to catch them." 



Though no directions, however explicit, for dress- 

 ing flies, are so likely to convey an idea of the ope- 

 ration as seeing a fly made, yet the following les- 

 sons may be of some service to grown gentlemen 

 but abecedarians in fly-fishing and fly-dressing who 

 do not like to ask for or may not have an opportu- 

 nity of obtaining practical instruction. 



Having your materials ready, hold the hook in a 

 horizontal position, with the shank downmost, and 

 the bend between the fore finger and thumb of your 

 left hand. Having half a yard of silk ready waxed, 

 take it by the middle, between the finger and thumb 

 which holds the hook, and with your right hand give 

 it three or four turns round the shank, inclining 

 them towards its end, and there fasten the silk with 

 a single loop. Next, place the end of the gut on the 

 inside of 'the shank, and reaching nearly to the bend, 

 and holding it straight, whip it tightly on till your 

 turns reach as far as the bend, and then fasten your 

 silk again with a single loop. The two ends of your 

 silk will now hang down together. With the longest 

 end of your silk, with three turns, whip, on the inner 



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